CVE-2016-5284
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 22, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 3, 2016
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 rely on unintended expiration dates for Preloaded Public Key Pinning, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof add-on updates by leveraging possession of an X.509 server certificate for addons.mozilla.org signed by an arbitrary built-in Certification Authority.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/09/16/update-on-add-on-pinning-vulnerability/
- https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95
- DSA-3674vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303127
- [dailydave] 20160915 Deep down the certificate pinning rabbit hole of "Tor Browser Exposed"mailing-list
- GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1912vendor-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- 93049vdb-entry
- 1036852vdb-entry
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