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CVE-2004-0765 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234058 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16868 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11162 CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7 CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 0.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla mozilla
<= 1.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
<= 0.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0765
NVD Published Date:
Aug 18, 2004
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2004-0765 Details - Not Deferred