On 29/06/16 05:43, Schuetz, Zach wrote:
> One of our web applications is reachable from most browsers, including
> current ESR 45.2.0. However, 45.1.0 (currently deployed in a few places)
> gives an SSL error, saying the security chain is incomplete. Nothing
> jumps out at me from the main or security release notes as to why there
> should be any difference.
>  
> Now, the obvious answer is to tweak the security (already working with
> our server team) and update Firefox everywhere, but why did this happen
> in the first place, and is there any way for me to know if it’s likely
> to happen again?

I believe that Firefox will cache intermediate certificates, so if you
visit a correctly-configured HTTPS site that uses the same chain, visits
to a incorrectly-configured site will work.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733232
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629558
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399324
http://superuser.com/questions/351516/do-intermediate-certificates-get-cached-in-firefox

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James Andrewartha
Network & Projects Engineer
Christ Church Grammar School
Claremont, Western Australia
Ph. (08) 9442 1757
Mob. 0424 160 877
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