CVE-2015-0832 Security feature bypass in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vmh3-65w6-vq3x, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0832.