Bug#597593: iceweasel: "SSL received a malformed Server Key Exchange handshake message" connecting to ALEC website

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 09:18:53PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.13-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When I visit
> 
>  https://www.alecu.org/
> 
> Iceweasel displays the following page:
> 
> > Secure Connection Failed
> >
> > An error occurred during a connection to www.alecu.org.
> >
> > SSL received a malformed Server Key Exchange handshake message.
> >
> > (Error code: ssl_error_rx_malformed_server_key_exch)
> >
> >  * 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.
> 
> The same problem occurs if I use iceweasel 3.6.10-1 from experimental.
> 
> If I download and run Firefox 3.5.13 or 3.6.10 from Mozilla's website,
> they're able to connect to the site successfully.
> 
> I changed the User-Agent string to match the one sent by Firefox, but
> the error persisted.

Please try downgrading libnss3-1d to 3.12.6-3 from testing.

Mike