CVE-2009-2404

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-03
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	9.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)	ELSA-2009-1184	2009-07-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)	ELSA-2009-1184	2009-07-30
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2009-1184	2009-07-30
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2009-1186	2009-07-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2009-1184	2009-07-30
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2009-1186	2009-07-21