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CVE-2016-5284 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2016/q3/51 Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2016/q3/51 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Release Notes 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Release Notes 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/09/16/update-on-add-on-pinning-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/09/16/update-on-add-on-pinning-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303127 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303127 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95 Technical Description 
https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95 Technical Description 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5284
NVD Published Date:
09/22/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Mozilla Corporation