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CVE-2009-2408 Details

Description

Mozilla 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7003	CVE	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html	CVE	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2	CVE	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/56723	CVE	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510251	CVE	Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098	CVE	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10751	CVE	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8458	CVE	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1	CVE	Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874	CVE	Mailing List
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-42.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.11&f=h	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022632	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/	CVE	Press/Media Coverage
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7003	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/56723	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510251	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10751	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8458	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874	[email protected]	Mailing List
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-42.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.11&f=h	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022632	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/	[email protected]	Press/Media Coverage

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-295	Improper Certificate Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 3.0.13
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla network security services	< 3.12.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey	< 1.1.18
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 2.0.0.23
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	>= 10.3, <= 11.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise	10.0 - 11.0 -
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	9
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	8.04 8.10 9.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 14, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 31, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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