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CVE-2016-9064

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

Add-on updates failed to verify that the add-on ID inside the signed package matched the ID of the add-on being updated. An attacker who could perform a man-in-the-middle attack on the user's connection to the update server and defeat the certificate pinning protection could provide a malicious signed add-on instead of a valid update. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

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GHSA-pc4v-68rv-24q5

Advisory Details

Add-on updates failed to verify that the add-on ID inside the signed package matched the ID of the add-on being updated. An attacker who could perform a man-in-the-middle attack on the user's connection to the update server and defeat the certificate pinning protection could provide a malicious signed add-on instead of a valid update. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9064
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303418
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1303418
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.023Z
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