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CVE-2009-2404 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1185.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36102 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/MARLINSPIKE/BHUSA09-Marlinspike-DefeatSSL-SLIDES.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-43.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35891 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512912 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11174 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8658 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2404
NVD Published Date:
08/03/2009
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.