Setting `security.nocertdb` to `true` breaks pageinfo dialog and certificate viewer

TorBrowser 3.6.6 for OS X will not display technical details of TLS connections. To reproduce, click on the padlock in the URL field of an HTTPS site. Choose "More information" and click on the "Security" tab. The "Technical Details" field, which would normally display the cipher suite in use, is blank.

(see: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-366-released#comment-75736 for the original bug report)

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Oh, and this works with the corresponding vanilla Fx ESR.

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Description: TorBrowser 3.6.6 for OS X will not display technical details of TLS connections. To reproduce, click on the padlock in the URL field of an HTTPS site. Choose "More information" and click on the "Security" tab. The "Technical Details" field, which would normally display the cipher suite in use, is blank.

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TorBrowser 3.6.6 for OS X will not display technical details of TLS connections. To reproduce, click on the padlock in the URL field of an HTTPS site. Choose "More information" and click on the "Security" tab. The "Technical Details" field, which would normally display the cipher suite in use, is blank.

(see: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-366-released#comment-75736 for the original bug report)

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Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-testcase added
Summary: Technical details of TLS connections are missing on OS X to Technical details of TLS connections are missing

Here is the log for the things happening if one clicks on the padlock icon:

[11:02:08.962] Login Manager: Counting logins matching host: https://blog.torproject.org formSubmitURL:  httpRealm: 
[11:02:08.963] Login Manager: No alternate nsILoginManagerStorage registered
[11:02:08.965] PwMgr mozStorage: Opening database at ~/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/signons.sqlite
[11:02:08.965] PwMgr mozStorage: Initializing Database
[11:02:08.967] PwMgr mozStorage: Creating Database
[11:02:08.967] PwMgr mozStorage: Creating Tables
[11:02:13.111] PwMgr mozStorage: Creating Indices
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[11:02:23.237] PwMgr mozStorage: Importing legacy storage
[11:02:23.709] PwMgr Storage: Initializing key3.db with default blank password.
[11:02:23.777] PwMgr mozStorage: _importLegacySignons failed: NS_ERROR_FAILURE : Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIPK11Token.initPassword]
[11:02:23.777] PwMgr mozStorage: Initialization failed: Import failed
[11:02:23.777] PwMgr mozStorage: Cleaning up DB file - close & remove & backup=false
[11:02:23.777] PwMgr mozStorage: Closing the DB connection.
[11:02:23.779] Login Manager: Initialization of storage component failed: {}
[11:02:23.780] NS_ERROR_XPC_JAVASCRIPT_ERROR_WITH_DETAILS: '[JavaScript Error: "this._storage is null" {file: "re[/gre/components/nsLoginManager.js"](/gre/components/nsLoginManager.js") line: 353}]' when calling method: [nsILoginManager::countLogins] @ chrome://browser/content/pageinfo/security.js:316

Having the signons.sqlite file in the profile is enough to avoid the issue but in order to get there you have to have a *db file (not sure which one yet).

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Summary: Technical details of TLS connections are missing to Setting security.nocertdb to true breaks pageinfo dialog

#13404 (moved) is a duplicate of this.

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Cc: N/A to anon

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Cc: anon to anonym

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Cc: anonym to anonym, intrigeri

Marked #13489 (moved) as duplicate.

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Cc: anonym, intrigeri to anonym, intrigeri, arma

Marked #13925 (moved) as duplicate.

Marked #13926 (moved) as a duplicate mentioning the broken Certificate Viewer for the first time.

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Summary: Setting security.nocertdb to true breaks pageinfo dialog to Setting security.nocertdb to true breaks pageinfo dialog and certificate viewer

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Keywords: N/A deleted, AffectTails added

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Keywords: AffectTails deleted, AffectsTails added

Fixed by #14716 (moved).

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Resolution: N/A to fixed
Status: new to closed

closed

mentioned in issue #13404 (moved)

mentioned in issue #13489 (moved)

mentioned in issue #13925 (moved)

mentioned in issue #13926 (moved)

mentioned in issue #14716 (moved)

mentioned in issue #15770 (moved)

mentioned in issue tpo/applications/tor-browser-bundle-testsuite#15770

moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#13254 (closed)