CVE-2014-1492

Name	CVE-2014-1492
Description	The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain name's U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-23-1, DSA-2994-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nss (PTS)	buster	2:3.42.1-1+deb10u5	fixed
	buster (security)	2:3.42.1-1+deb10u6	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	2:3.61-1+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm	2:3.87.1-1	fixed
	sid	2:3.89-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
icedove	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
iceweasel	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
nss	source	squeeze	3.12.8-1+squeeze8
nss	source	wheezy	2:3.14.5-1+deb7u1	DSA-2994-1
nss	source	(unstable)	2:3.16-1

- iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 28)
- icedove <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 28)