Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not consider the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension in deciding whether to trust an OCSP responder, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a session in which there was an incorrect decision to accept a compromised and revoked certificate.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8479 Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not consider the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension in deciding whether to trust an OCSP responder, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a session in which there was an incorrect decision to accept a compromised and revoked certificate.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2458-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.038Z

Reserved: 2014-11-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8642

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-14T11:59:10.633

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-8642

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8642 - Bugzilla

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