The cert_TestHostName function in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, only checks the hostname portion of a certificate when the hostname portion of the URI is not a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), which allows remote attackers to spoof trusted certificates.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-08-03T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:46.881Z

Reserved: 2004-08-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0765

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:49:21.363

Link: CVE-2004-0765

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-02-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0765 - Bugzilla