CVE-2008-2809 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2008-2809?

CVE-2008-2809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 8 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2809?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Geckb, Mozilla Seamonkey, Netscape Navigator.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2809?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-2809 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2007-6590, GHSA-pxqv-4rrp-wmpm.