Upstream information
Description
Mozilla 1.5 through 1.7 allows a CA certificate to be imported even when their DN is the same as that of the built-in CA root certificate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service to SSL pages because the malicious certificate is treated as invalid.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 | 
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | 
| Access Vector | Network | 
| Access Complexity | Low | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Integrity Impact | None | 
| Availability Impact | Partial | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2004:030, published Monday, Sept 6th 15:00:00 MEST 2004
 - SUSE-SA:2004:032, published Wednesday, Sep 15th 2004 16:00 MEST
 - SUSE-SA:2004:033, published Wednesday, Sep 17th 2004 12:00 MEST
 - SUSE-SA:2004:034, published Friday, Sep 17th 2004 14:23 MEST
 - SUSE-SA:2004:035, published Tuesday, Oct 5th 2004 16:53:01 MEST
 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:56:47 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:35 2025