CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2408

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Jul 30, 2009 | Modified: Feb 14, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 subjects 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.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 3.0.13 (excluding)
Network_security_services Mozilla * 3.12.3 (excluding)
Seamonkey Mozilla * 1.1.18 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 2.0.0.23 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References