| Name | CVE-2009-2404 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1874-1, DSA-2025-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 539934 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| icedove (PTS) | jessie | 1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2 | fixed |
| nss (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:3.26-1+debu8u18 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u7 | fixed | |
| buster | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:3.61-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:3.87.1-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:3.99-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icedove | source | lenny | 2.0.0.24-0lenny1 | DSA-2025-1 | ||
| icedove | source | (unstable) | 2.0.0.24-1 | low | ||
| nss | source | lenny | 3.12.3.1-0lenny1 | DSA-1874-1 | ||
| nss | source | (unstable) | 3.12.3-1 | low | 539934 |