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Firefox throws SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE error for a site but Chromium says certificate is valid

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Hi all, I have an Apache site on Kubuntu 20.04 with a certificate signed by my private CA. I've added the root CA ceritificate in Firefox and in Chromium.

Firefox throws a SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE error

Chromium accept the certificate as valid

What can I do?

Notes: the site url is "https://hdev.h.net" (with an internal IP address inside my lab)

Attached there are:

- the authority settings page
- the certification authority certificate as seen by Firefox
- the site certificate

Firefox version 82.0 Ubuntu Chromium version 86.0.4240.11

Hi all, I have an Apache site on Kubuntu 20.04 with a certificate signed by my private CA. I've added the root CA ceritificate in Firefox and in Chromium. Firefox throws a SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE error Chromium accept the certificate as valid What can I do? Notes: the site url is "https://hdev.h.net" (with an internal IP address inside my lab) Attached there are: - the authority settings page - the certification authority certificate as seen by Firefox - the site certificate Firefox version 82.0 Ubuntu Chromium version 86.0.4240.11
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See also:

Try to rename cert9.db (cert9OLD.db) in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

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There is security software like Avast, Kaspersky, BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connection certificates and send their own.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-and-other-browsers-cant-load-websites

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-error-message

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-untrusted-error-message

Websites don't load - troubleshoot and fix error messages

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_websites

What do the security warning codes mean

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Well none of the suggested solution worked or is applicable

For now I have: - Firefox version 82.0 Ubuntu error SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE - Chromium version 86.0.4240.11 says certificate is valid - Konqueror 5.0.97 says certificate is valid - Epiphany 3.36.4 says certificate is valid

Why Firefox behaves differently?

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I don't know why different browsers have a different opinion.

Before we make ourselves crazy over a transient issue, have you cleared Firefox's cache? See: How to clear the Firefox cache.

In theory, this error means "A signature on a certificate is improperly formatted or the certificate has been tampered with."

In your site certificate, it looks like these have the same value:

  • ID chiave soggetto
  • ID chiave autorità

And also:

Autorità di certificazione => Si (Certificate Authority => Yes)

Is it meant to be a self-signed certificate??

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Well, I cleared the cache and the problem persist.

To create certificate I used these step:

- create a private key for CA: sudo openssl genrsa -out hrootCA.key 2048 - create a CA certificate: sudo openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key hrootCA.key -sha256 -days 3650 -out hrootCA.pem - create a server key and csr request (openssl configuration below) : sudo openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout hdev.key -out hdev.csr -config openssl.cnf - create the server certificate signed by the CA: sudo openssl x509 -req -in hdev.csr -CA hrootCA.pem -CAkey hrootCA.key -CAcreateserial -out hdev.crt -sha256 -days 3650 -extfile openssl.cnf -extensions v3_ca - installed the hdev.cert and hdev.key in Apache - installed hrootCA.pem in Firefox

openssl.cnf contains:

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[req] default_bits = 2048 distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name prompt = no

[req_distinguished_name] C = IT ST = Italy L = Rome O = Localhost CA OU = Laboratory CN = hdev

[v3_ca] subjectAltName = @alt_names

[alt_names] DNS.1 = hdev DNS.2 = *.h.net

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What I'm doing wrong?

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Well, I cleared the cache and the problem persist.

To create certificate I used these step:

- create a private key for CA: sudo openssl genrsa -out hrootCA.key 2048 - create a CA certificate: sudo openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key hrootCA.key -sha256 -days 3650 -out hrootCA.pem - create a server key and csr request (openssl configuration below) : sudo openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout hdev.key -out hdev.csr -config openssl.cnf - create the server certificate signed by the CA: sudo openssl x509 -req -in hdev.csr -CA hrootCA.pem -CAkey hrootCA.key -CAcreateserial -out hdev.crt -sha256 -days 3650 -extfile openssl.cnf -extensions v3_ca - installed the hdev.cert and hdev.key in Apache - installed hrootCA.pem in Firefox

openssl.cnf contains:

=====================================

[req] default_bits = 2048 distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name prompt = no

[req_distinguished_name] C = IT ST = Italy L = Rome O = Localhost CA OU = Laboratory CN = hdev

[v3_ca] subjectAltName = @alt_names

[alt_names] DNS.1 = hdev DNS.2 = *.h.net

=====================================

What I'm doing wrong?

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Well, I cleared the cache and the problem persist.

To create certificate I used these step:

- create a private key for CA: sudo openssl genrsa -out hrootCA.key 2048 - create a CA certificate: sudo openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key hrootCA.key -sha256 -days 3650 -out hrootCA.pem - create a server key and csr request (openssl configuration below) : sudo openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout hdev.key -out hdev.csr -config openssl.cnf - create the server certificate signed by the CA: sudo openssl x509 -req -in hdev.csr -CA hrootCA.pem -CAkey hrootCA.key -CAcreateserial -out hdev.crt -sha256 -days 3650 -extfile openssl.cnf -extensions v3_ca - installed the hdev.cert and hdev.key in Apache - installed hrootCA.pem in Firefox

openssl.cnf contains:

=====================================

[req] default_bits = 2048 distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name prompt = no

[req_distinguished_name] C = IT ST = Italy L = Rome O = Localhost CA OU = Laboratory CN = hdev

[v3_ca] subjectAltName = @alt_names

[alt_names] DNS.1 = hdev DNS.2 = *.h.net

=====================================

What I'm doing wrong?

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Sorry. Reposted because I didn't see the answer applear.

Please delete duplicated posts.

Thanks

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Sorry, this is not the best site for guidance on OpenSSL.

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Sorry, I was not clear.

I don't asked for openssl guidance.

I asked: why the command I used generate a certificate /certification authority that every browser accept excluded firefox?

Firefox needs some particular configuration, protocol or algoritm to accept a certificate?

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Sorry, what I meant was, perhaps on a forum related to OpenSSL you can find a discussion of issues related to certificate signature problems in Firefox.

Other than what I observed before about the certificate key and signature key being the same -- which is strange if you are signing with a different certificate -- I don't know why Firefox would object to the certificate signature.

Perhaps another forum volunteer knows of a way to find more detailed error information.

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Zaɓi Mafita

See also:

Try to rename cert9.db (cert9OLD.db) in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

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It worked. For the history, the step I followed.

  • stop Firefox
  • delete cert9.db
  • start firefox
  • before everything else import hrootCA.pem in the Autorities certificates
  • access the certificate protected page

Firefox still complain that there is something wrong with the certificate (it says that a security exception was added to this site); but correctly access the page without asking anything

Thanks a lot

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I had the same issue.

Removing cert9.db didn't help, since it simply removed the private CA cert that I added.

What helped was importing the CA cert in the DER format, instead of Base64/PEM/CRT-encoded.