CVE-2020-12421
published 2020-07-09CVE-2020-12421: When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an administrator.)…
PriorityP430medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.84%
76.4th percentile
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 This could have caused add-ons to become out-of-date silently without notification to the user.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.
Affected
24 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 78.0-1 (sid) | firefox 78.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 78.0-1 (sid) | firefox 78.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 78.0-1 (sid) | firefox 78.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 78.0 | 78.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 78 | 78 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 68.10.0 | 68.10.0 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 68.10 | 68.10 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 68.10.0 | 68.10.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0-1 | 1:68.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0-1 | 1:68.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0-1 | 1:68.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0-1 | 1:68.10.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 68.10.0 | 68.10.0 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-476g-xp34-4rj3: When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an adminis
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] CWE-295 GHSA-476g-xp34-4rj3: When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an adminis
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.
OSV
CVE-2020-12421: When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an adminis
osv·2020-07-09·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-12421: When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-roots were rejected (even if they were legitimately added by an adminis
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.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2020-07-08·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-12405 [HIGH] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, or execute arbtirary code. (CVE-2020-12405,
CVE-2020-12406, CVE-2020-12410, CVE-2020-12417, CVE-2020-12418,
CVE-2020-12419, CVE-2020-12420)
It was discovered that Thunderbird would continue an unencrypted
connection when configured to use STARTTLS for IMAP if the server
responded with PREAUTH. A remote attacker could potentially exploit
this to perform a person-in-the-middle attack in order to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2020-12398)
It was discovered that NSS showed timing differences when performing DSA
sig
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2020-07-02·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12415 [MEDIUM] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information, bypass permission prompts, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-12415, CVE-2020-12416, CVE-2020-12417, CVE-2020-12418,
CVE-2020-12419, CVE-2020-12420, CVE-2020-12422, CVE-2020-12424,
CVE-2020-12425, CVE-2020-12426)
It was discovered that when performing add-on updates, certificate chains
not terminating with built-in roots were silently rejected. This could
result in add-ons becoming outdated. (CVE-2020-12421)
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-07-08·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-12398 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information, or execute arbtirary code. (CVE-2020-12405,
CVE-2020-12406, CVE-2020-12410, CVE-2020-12417, CVE-2020-12418,
CVE-2020-12419, CVE-2020-12420)
It was discovered that Thunderbird would continue an unencrypted
connection when configured to use STARTTLS for IMAP if the server
responded with PREAUTH. A remote attacker could potentially exploit
this to perform a person-in-the-middle attack in order to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2020-12398)
It was d
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-07-02·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12420 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information, bypass permission prompts, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-12415, CVE-2020-12416, CVE-2020-12417, CVE-2020-12418,
CVE-2020-12419, CVE-2020-12420, CVE-2020-12422, CVE-2020-12424,
CVE-2020-12425, CVE-2020-12426)
It was discovered that when performing add-on updates, certificate chains
not terminating with built-in roots were silently rejected. This could
result in add-ons becoming outdated. (CVE-2020-12421)
Instructions: After a st
Red Hat
Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates
vendor_redhat·2020-06-30·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] CWE-296 Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates
Mozilla: Add-On updates did not respect the same certificate trust rules as software updates
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.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
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.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Lin
Debian
CVE-2020-12421: firefox - When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-r...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-12421: firefox - When performing add-on updates, certificate chains terminating in non-built-in-r...
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.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 78.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-29: CVE-2020-12421
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-29: CVE-2020-12421
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-29
CVE: CVE-2020-12421
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: high
Fixed in: Thunderbird 78
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-24: CVE-2020-12421
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-24: CVE-2020-12421
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-24
CVE: CVE-2020-12421
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 78
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-25: CVE-2020-12421
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-25: CVE-2020-12421
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-25
CVE: CVE-2020-12421
Product: Firefox ESR
Impact: moderate
Fixed in: Firefox ESR 68.10
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-26: CVE-2020-12421
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-12421 [MEDIUM] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-26: CVE-2020-12421
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-26
CVE: CVE-2020-12421
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: moderate
Fixed in: Thunderbird 68.10
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2020-07-09
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