CVE-2004-0765 (GCVE-0-2004-0765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-08-03 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:31
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Summary
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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