CVE-2009-2408

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2408
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-30 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 22:00:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, Firefox before 3.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.23, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.18 do not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority. NOTE: this was originally reported for Firefox before 3.5.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9_rc All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview_release All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All linux All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0beta5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.2 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.2 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.2 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 0.4 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9_rc All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview_release All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All linux All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
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Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta5 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0beta5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.2 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.2 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.8 All All All
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Application Mozilla Nss 3.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.11.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss 3.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Nss All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
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Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
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Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
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Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
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Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
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Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.3 All All All
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Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 All All All
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Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 All All All
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Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

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