243564 - https://www.fortify.net/sslcheck.htmlFireFox hangs indefinitely on SSL root certificates with unrecognized root CA

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 242275

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[IU]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040512 Firefox/0.8.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a) Gecko/20040512 Firefox/0.8.0+

If you visit any secure site whereby the site SSL certificate was signed by an
unrecognized root CA, Firefox hangs indefinitely, instead of displaying the
security alert.  This problem exists on all builds from the week of May 2nd and
onwards.  This problem occurs on both Windox XP and Windows 2000.  Other
operating systems are likely also affected.  This bug does not exist in build
Gecko/20040422 Firefox/0.8.0+ or older.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit the site: https://www.fortify.net/sslcheck.html
2. That's it.  Firefox hands and must be terminated using Task Manager
3. 

Actual Results:  
Firefox develops rigor mortis and must be cremated using Task Manager

Expected Results:  
Firefox should display a security alert and remain operational.

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

WFM Firefox Windows 2003 trunk 20040513 
I've got 2 security warnings and no hang

Comment 2

[IU]

Try it on Windows XP or 2000.  Trunk 20040513 Hung on Windows 2000 Pro SP4 +
latest MS bug fixes.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 242275 ***