Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey Regular Expression Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:35891

Info

Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey Regular Expression Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35891
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2009-2404
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 30 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:21AM
Credit: Moxie Marlinspike
Vulnerable: VMWare vMA 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 DEBUGINFO
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 DEBUGINFO
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
SuSE openSUSE 10.3
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9_sparc
Sun Solaris 10_x86
Sun Solaris 10_sparc
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_99
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_98
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_96
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_95
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_94
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_93
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_92
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_91
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_90
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_89
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_88
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_87
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_86
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Sun OpenSolaris build snv_84
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_83
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_82
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_81
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_80
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_78
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Sun OpenSolaris build snv_76
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_68
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_67
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_64
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_61
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_59
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_58
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_57
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_54
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_51
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Sun OpenSolaris build snv_49
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_48
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_124
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_123
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_122
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_121
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_120
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Sun OpenSolaris build snv_101a
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Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3.1
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch6
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch4
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch3
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch2
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2005Q4
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2005Q1
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2004Q2
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2003Q4
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2
Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2
Sun Java Enterprise System 5
Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4
Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.0
Slackware Linux 12.2
Slackware Linux 12.1
Slackware Linux 12.0
Slackware Linux 11.0
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.7.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2.z server
RedHat Desktop 3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.7.z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Pardus Linux 2008 0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 dev
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11.3
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.9.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.9
+ Mozilla Browser 1.5
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.8
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7.7
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7.5
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7.3
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7.1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.7
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.6.1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.6
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.5
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.4.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.4.1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.4
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.3.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.3.1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.3
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.2.1
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.2
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Beta
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 armel
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Avaya Interactive Response 4.0
Avaya Interactive Response 3.0
Avaya CMS Server 16.0
Avaya CMS Server 15.0
Not Vulnerable: VMWare ESX Server 4.0 ESX400-200912403
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_125
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.9
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.5

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey Regular Expression Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey are prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in the regular expression parser used to match common names in SSL certificates.

Successfully exploiting this issue can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

Note that attackers need to exploit this issue with a crafted certificate that SeaMonkey trusts; otherwise, a warning message will be presented to the user.

SeaMonkey 1.09 and Firefox 3.0.x are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

This issue is related to the vulnerability described by BID 35888 (Mozilla Firefox NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey Regular Expression Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey Regular Expression Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 powerpc

Slackware Linux 12.2

Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 Patch6

Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 i386

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

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