CVE-2020-12421

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

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 This could have caused add-ons to become out-of-date silently without notification to the user.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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published7/9/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxmozilla:firefoxmozilla:firefox_esrmozilla:thunderbird

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html(security@mozilla.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html(security@mozilla.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html(security@mozilla.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251(security@mozilla.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09(security@mozilla.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10(security@mozilla.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/(security@mozilla.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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