CVE-2008-2809

Published: Jul 8, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

4.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Mozilla 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mozilla-based web browsers, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regard the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:HAccess Complexity

High

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

mozilla

oss-project·USaka mozilla corp.

firefoxOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

geckb

Consumer Software

seamonkeyDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

netscape

commercial·US

navigatorOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt

nils.toedtmann.net

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html

rhn.redhat.com

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