Mozilla 1.5 through 1.7 allows a CA certificate to be imported even when their DN is the same as that of the built-in CA root certificate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service to SSL pages because the malicious certificate is treated as invalid.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mozillaUpgrade linux-mozillaUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-mozilla-develUpgrade mozilla-gtk1 | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 22, 2004 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/galeon.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-bin.Upgrade www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/epiphany.Upgrade www-client/mozilla.Upgrade mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 18, 2004 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillaUpgrade mozilla-dom-inspectorUpgrade mozilla-calendarUpgrade mozilla-venkmanUpgrade mozilla-mailUpgrade mozilla-irc | Feb 17, 2015 | Aug 18, 2004 |
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