Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-3170. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 recognize a wildcard IP address in the subject s Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

The weakness was presented 10/21/2010 by Richard Moore as Bug 578697 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3170 since 08/27/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75648 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-3422)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118663 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0782)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75648), SecurityFocus (BID 42817†), Secunia (SA41839†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27045†). See VDB-55196 and VDB-55194 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 75648
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-3422)
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OpenVAS ID: 68457
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2123-1 (nss)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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08/27/2010 🔍
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09/07/2010 +6 days 🔍
10/21/2010 +44 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +1331 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +279 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 578697
Researcher: Richard Moore
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55193

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SecurityFocus: 42817 - Multiple Browser Wild Card Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 41839 - Ubuntu update for nss, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27045 - Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 and 3.5.12 NSS library Allows Wildcards in SSL Certificate IP Addresses, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0061

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 20:34
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (69), 03/03/2017 18:49 (14), 09/27/2021 20:34 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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