CVE-2009-2404

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2404
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-03 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 22:00:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aol Instant Messenger All All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger All All All All
Application Gnome Evolution All All All All
Application Gnome Evolution All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.12.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.12.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

References

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Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2010 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
1021030 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1874-1 nss DEBIAN www.debian.org
Mozilla Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Network Security Services Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 512912 – CVE-2009-2404 nss regexp heap overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-810-2: NSPR update | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
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US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-103B -- Oracle Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
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#273910: This Alert covers CVE-2009-2404 and CVE-2009-0688 for the Directory Server component of the Sun ONE Directory Server and Sun Java System Directory Server products. SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-Defea... MISC www.blackhat.com
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1021699 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
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