CVE-2009-2404

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.

🔗 References (56)

• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36088
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36102
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36125
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36139
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36157
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/36434
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37098
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/39428
• secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1
• secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
• secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1
• secalert@redhathttp://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197