4.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-2809
Mozilla SSL CN Domain Name Spoofing Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 8, 2008, 11:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

4.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2809 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla seamonkey
3 Mozilla geckb
1 Netscape navigator
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-2809.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
http://secunia.com/advisories/31220
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
http://secunia.com/advisories/31403
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3498
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018979
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-31.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483960/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240261
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327181
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402347
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43524
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10205
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
http://secunia.com/advisories/31220
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
http://secunia.com/advisories/31403
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3498
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018979
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-31.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483960/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240261
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327181
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402347
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43524
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10205
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30911
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31220
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31286
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31403
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3498
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1018979
    Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
    Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
    Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-31.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483960/100/100/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240261
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327181
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402347
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43524
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10205
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/483960/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483960/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10205 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10205 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43524 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43524 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2809 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2809 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.99 }} 0.72%

score

0.90667

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability