CVE-2009-2404

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-2404
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-08-03T14:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-03T22:00:39
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891 Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36102 Vendor Advisory
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html US Government Resource
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/
History
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2022-05-10 18:36:17 Added to TrackCVE