Description
Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 does not properly recognize the equivalence of domain names with and without a trailing . (dot) character, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the HPKP and HSTS protection mechanisms by constructing a URL with this character and leveraging access to an X.509 certificate for a domain with this character.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2015-0845 | Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 does not properly recognize the equivalence of domain names with and without a trailing . (dot) character, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the HPKP and HSTS protection mechanisms by constructing a URL with this character and leveraging access to an X.509 certificate for a domain with this character. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2505-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:11.059Z
Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-0832
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Status : Modified
Published: 2015-02-25T11:59:12.720
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-0832
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN