CVE-2010-3170

firefox/nss: doesn't handle IP-based wildcards in X509 certificates safely

Published Oct 21, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 recognize a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2123-1 New NSS packages fix cryptographic weaknesses
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3170 Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 recognize a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1007-1 NSS vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:03 AM
Reserved
Aug 27, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 21, 2010, 7:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:22 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 14, 2010, 12:00 AM