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CVE-2010-3170 · cross-distro fix matrix

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 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

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2010-3170 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nss→ fixed in3.12.8-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nss→ fixed in3.12.8-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • nss→ fixed in3.12.8-1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss
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