CVE-2010-3170

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.16% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210 vendor advisory
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1007-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2123 vendor advisory
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 vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-70.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41839 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3170?
CVE-2010-3170 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3170?
To fix CVE-2010-3170, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3170 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3170 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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