CVE-2015-0832 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can bypass HPKP and HSTS protections in Firefox by exploiting domain name equivalence with trailing dots.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-0832?

CVE-2015-0832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Feb 2015. 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 Firefox before 36.0 does not properly recognize the equivalence of domain names with and without a trailing . (dot) character, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the HPKP and HSTS protection mechanisms by constructing a URL with this character and leveraging access to an X.509 certificate for a domain with this character.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0832?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0832?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-0832 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vmh3-65w6-vq3x, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0832.

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