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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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-636-1 | firefox-esr security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-658-1 | icedove security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3674-1 | firefox-esr security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-6235 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3076-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3112-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
References
History
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Vendors & Products |
Mozilla firefox Esr
|
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPEs | 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:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.947Z
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-5284
No data.
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-09-22T22:59:18.973
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-5284
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN