366913 - Imported PEM certificate works but disappears from cert list

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Luigi Rosa]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: version 2 beta 1 (20061206)

I have created a PEM certificate with OpenSSL for IMAPS. I imported the certificate under Tools | Options | Advanced | Certificates | View Certificates | Web Sites and I flagged the certificate as trusted.

The imported certificate works as expected, but if I reopen the certificate list, the certificate is no longer listed.


I migrated the profile from TB 1.5 (which was migrated from 1.0).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Import a certificate

Actual Results:  
The certificate shows up only right after the import.

Expected Results:  
The certificate should list always.

I put the .pem certificate and the actual cert8.db files at http://luigi.rosa.name/tb_cert.tgz

There are two certificates: mail.venus.it and mail.hypertrek.info
mail.venus.it certificate has been imported with a previous version of ThunderBird and is correctly listed in certificate list.
I tried to import mail.hypertrek.info certificate, but I got the error described in this bug, even if the certificate works as expected.

Comment 1

[Luigi Rosa]

Attachment: PEM file that causes the error

Comment 2

[Luigi Rosa]

Attachment: Actual cert8.db

Comment 3

[Luigi Rosa]

Attachment: The cert list with a missing certificate

Comment 4

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported 2.0.0.x is now 2.0.0.16)

Comment 5

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to previous comment. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to the bug with your reasons why.

Comment 6

[John Middlemas]

The same thing happens to me with Thunderbird 3.1.2. After ticking Trusted and restarting Thunderbird the certificate disappears from the People list. However the certificate may persist in cert8.db since encrypting and signing emails still works to that person.