Mozilla Firefox HTTP/2 Alt-Svc Header Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Certificate Verification
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1032030 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1032030
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-0799
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 7 2015
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Modification of system information, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 37.0.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can bypass certificate verification.
A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack can trigger a flaw in the Firefox HTTP Alternative Services implementation by specifying an Alt-Svc header to bypass SSL certificate verification and impersonate the target site.
Muneaki Nishimura reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user with the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack can bypass certificate verification.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (37.0.1).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-44/
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-44/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Authentication error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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