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CVE request: firefox doesn't (re)validate certificates when loading HTTPS page
From: Thomas Biege <thomas () suse de>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 14:41:44 +0200
Hi, found this in RH's bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709165 Vincent Danen 2011-05-30 18:38:43 EDT A Debian bug report [1] indicated that Firefox 4.0.x handled the validation/revalidation of SSL certificates improperly. If a user were to visit a site with an untrusted certificate, Firefox would correctly display the warning about the untrusted connection. If a user were to confirm the security exception for a single session (not check off the "permanently store this exception"), then restart the browser and re-load the page, the contents of the page would be displayed from the Firefox cache. Upon reloading the page, the security warning would appear, but incorrectly indicates that the site provides a valid, verified certificate and there is no way to confirm the exception. [...] -- Thomas Biege <thomas () suse de>, SUSE LINUX, Security Support & Auditing SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg -- Wer aufhoert besser werden zu wollen, hoert auf gut zu sein. -- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Current thread:
- CVE request: firefox doesn't (re)validate certificates when loading HTTPS page Thomas Biege (May 31)
- Re: CVE request: firefox doesn't (re)validate certificates when loading HTTPS page Josh Bressers (May 31)