CVE-2010-3170 Security feature bypass in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3170 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-3170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 21 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3170/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3170/index.md)
Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof SSL servers by exploiting wildcard IP address recognition in X.509 certificates, bypassing security checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3170?
CVE-2010-3170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 21 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3170?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-pkcs11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-freebl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-sysinit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-pkcs11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-freebl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-sysinit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-pkcs11-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-softokn-freebl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-sysinit Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss-util-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:3.12.8-1.el6_0 |
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3170?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2010-3170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3170, GHSA-73h9-xvxv-frc7, RHSA-2010:0862.