Improper Check for Certificate Revocation in Firefox for Android - CVE-2020-26957

 

Improper Check for Certificate Revocation in Firefox for Android - CVE-2020-26957

Published: November 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48476
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26957
CWE-ID: CWE-299
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to OneCRL was non-functional in the Firefox for Android due to a missing service initialization. This could result in a failure to enforce some certificate revocations.


Affected software

Firefox for Android
firefox (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-26957

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox for Android - update to 83.0.0

External References

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