[tor-bugs] #2167 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Block during extension updating process

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#2167: Block during extension updating process
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  Reporter:  zep                     |              Owner:  pde
      Type:  defect                  |             Status:  new
  Priority:  major                   |          Milestone:     
 Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere    |            Version:     
  Keywords:  Block updating process  |             Parent:     
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Comment(by doegox):

 > Symptom: Firefox was freezing with 100% CPU every now & then since a few
 days.
 > It was apparently happening every time https-everywhere extension was
 looking for update.

 Actually I made a little error in the way I reproduced the problem: I
 forgot to tell I've also imported my cert8.db.
 And the problem came from a corrupted CA certificate.
 After having deleted the "The USERTRUST Network / AddTrust External CA
 Root" software security device, the problem disappeared definitively.
 See also the following bugreport, that's how I found the real root of the
 problem: http://bugs.debian.org/589023
 But, same as for the guy having reported that bug, I've no clue from where
 I got this corrupted certificate which made a loop in the CA chain.

 So an update request on the https-everywhere add-on was provoking a freeze
 because of this strange certificate.
 Zep, could you check if your problem has the same origin?

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