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CVE-2020-12421
When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an administrator.) …
Impact
When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an administrator.) This could have caused add-ons to become out-of-date silently without notification to the user. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 78.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 68.10.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 68.10.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/