# CVE-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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1007-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2123
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114250
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578697
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12254
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-70.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41839

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