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CVE-2009-2404

Heap-based buffer overflow in a regular-expression parser in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Evolution, Pidgin, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, related to the cert_TestHostName function.

Published

2009-08-03T14:30:00.610

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	network_security_services	3.12.3	Yes
Application	aol	instant_messenger	*	No
Application	gnome	evolution	*	No
Application	mozilla	firefox	*	No
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	*	No
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	*	No
Application	pidgin	pidgin	*	No

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36102 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1 ([email protected])
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/ ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36102 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)