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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800915
Category:General
Title:Firefox SSL Server Spoofing Vulnerability (Windows)
Summary:The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone; to SSL server spoofing vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone
to SSL server spoofing vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
- Lack of validation of domain name in a signed X.509 certificate lead
to an error while processing a '\0' character in a domain name in the
subject's common Name (CN) field.

- Lack of validation of the MD2 hash in a signed X.509 certificate can
be exploited to generate fake intermediate SSL certificate that would
be accepted as if it was authentic.

Vulnerability Impact:
Attackers can exploit this issue via specially crafted certificates
to spoof arbitrary SSL servers.

Affected Software/OS:
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.5
NSS versions prior to 3.12.3 on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.5 or NSS version 3.12.3 or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 35888
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2408
Debian Security Information: DSA-1874 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7003
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
http://osvdb.org/56723
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10751
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8458
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022632
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:048 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:018 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2409
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
Bugtraq: 20101207 VMSA-2010-0019 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1888 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1888
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:258
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10763
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6631
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7155
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8594
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2010:0095
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022631
http://secunia.com/advisories/36739
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://secunia.com/advisories/42467
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126
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