Arbitrary X.509 Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability in Mozilla NSS

CVE-2013-1740 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The ssl_Do1stHandshake function in sslsecur.c in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, when the TLS False Start feature is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by using an arbitrary X.509 certificate during certain handshake traffic.

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