Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
National Vulnerability Database | |
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Base Score | 9.3 |
Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
Integrity Impact | Complete |
Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:048, published Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 |
| Patchnames: slessp0-libfreebl3 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:00:19 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:18:23 2024