295190 - SSL Client Certificate missing in Firefox / Java-Plugin

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Description

[tauron]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

When establishing a ssl connection via a java applet, I cannot select
my ssl client certificate from the "Client Authentication" list because
the list is empty.

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java version "1.5.0_03"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_03-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_03-b07, mixed mode, sharing)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Import your ssl client certificate into firefox
2. Run a (signed) applet which uses ssl itself to communicate to a secure webserver
3. The "Client Authentication" popup list appears and asks you to select your
certificate

Actual Results:  
The "Client Authentication" popup list is empty. The Java-Plugin cannot see
which ssl client certificates were imported into Firefox.



Expected Results:  
My ssl client certificate appears in the list, I select it, click on "OK" and
the applet can open the connection.
Works fine for Java JRE/Plugin 1.4.2_08, but not 1.5.0_03.

Comment 1

[tauron]

To help you reproducing the bug I set up a webserver and wrote a small sample
applet which uses ssl encryption/authentication with a client certificate.

The applet itself is embedded in an unencrypted html page but uses https to
fetch a small text message from the webserver.

Resources:
Step-by-step guide: http://axian.de:8080/ssltest/index.html
Client Certificate (import this into your browser before you run the applet):
http://axian.de:8080/ssltest/client.p12 (password: changeit)
Applet source: http://axian.de:8080/ssltest/src/test/applet/TestApplet.java
Applet html: http://axian.de:8080/applet.html

Tested with:
Firefox 1.0.4, J2SE 1.4.2 : ok
Firefox 1.0.4, J2SE 5.0 : failed (client certificate listbox is empty)
IExplorer 6, J2SE 1.4.2 : ok
IExplorer 6, J2SE 5.0 : ok

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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