Bug#565987: iceweasel: secure connection failed message, from https page - works with firefox same version

[Giorgos Pallas]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.5.6-1
Severity: important


I have tried running iceweasel in safe mode, on a new user (rm -rf
..mozilla), and still, I can reproduce the following behaviour:

I go to https://myserver.mydomain.com -> it works ok. When I go to
https://myserver.mydomain.com/userspace
(where I should be authenticated with my personal certificate) I get the
message:

Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to myserver.mydomain.com.
    *   The page you are trying to view can not be shown because the
    * authenticity of the received data could not be verified.

    *   Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem.
    * Alternatively, use the command found in the help menu to report this
    * broken site.

I downloaded from mozilla.com the firefox 3.5.6 binary and run it -> it
works OK. First, the difference in behaviour betweeen firefox 3.5.6 and
iceweasel 3.5.6 is a bit strange.

I keep my debian testing system regularly updated, and this must have
happened about a month ago - maybe sooner.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils                   3.2.2      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  fontconfig                    2.8.0-2    generic font configuration library
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-9  GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.3-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnspr4-0d                   4.8.2-1    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.2-9    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  procps                        1:3.2.8-2  /proc file system utilities
ii  psmisc                        22.10-1    utilities that use the proc file s
ii  xulrunner-1.9.1               1.9.1.6-1  XUL + XPCOM application runner

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  latex-xft-fonts      <none>              (no description available)
ii  libkrb53             1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 Transitional library package/krb4 
pn  mozplugger           <none>              (no description available)
pn  ttf-mathematica4.1   <none>              (no description available)
ii  xfonts-mathml        4                   Type1 Symbol font for MathML
pn  xprint               <none>              (no description available)
pn  xulrunner-1.9.1-gnom <none>              (no description available)

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