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.
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Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 02:53
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References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html - | |
References | () http://seclists.org/dailydave/2016/q3/51 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674 - | |
References | () http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html - Release Notes | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 - | |
References | () https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/09/16/update-on-add-on-pinning-vulnerability/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303127 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95 - Technical Description | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 - | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/ - | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/ - |
21 Oct 2024, 13:55
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
21 Oct 2024, 13:11
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Information
Published : 2016-09-22 22:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:53
NVD link : CVE-2016-5284
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5284
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5284
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation