Mozilla Firefox Certificate Regexp Parsing Heap Overflow

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  Severity: CRITICAL

  CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-2404

  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

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  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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003670

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003670 - Multiple Browser Certificate Regexp Parsing Heap Overflow

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

• Mozilla Network Security Services 3.12.3