Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2009-2463 First vendor Publication 2009-07-22
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64.c in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger buffer overflows.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2463

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10369
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10369
Title: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64.c in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger buffer overflows.
Description: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64.c in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger buffer overflows.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2463
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
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Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13598
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13598
Title: DSA-1931-1 nspr -- several
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the NetScape Portable Runtime Library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-1563 A programming error in the string handling code may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2009-2463 An integer overflow in the Base64 decoding functions may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The old stable distribution doesn’t contain nspr. For the stable distribution, these problems have been fixed in version 4.7.1-5. For the unstable distribution these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your NSPR packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1931-1
CVE-2009-1563
CVE-2009-2463
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
 Product(s): nspr
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8171
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8171
Title: DSA-1931 nspr -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the NetScape Portable Runtime Library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: A programming error in the string handling code may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. An integer overflow in the Base64 decoding functions may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The old stable distribution (etch) doesn't contain nspr.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1931
CVE-2009-1563
CVE-2009-2463
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
 Product(s): nspr
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 182
Application 21

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2009:1162 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1162_firefox_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1163 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1163_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2010:0153 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0153_thunderbird_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-04-29 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2010-7100
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_7100_seamonkey_fc11.nasl
2010-04-16 Name : Mandriva Update for krb5 MDVSA-2010:071 (krb5)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_071.nasl
2010-04-06 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2025-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_2025_1.nasl
2010-03-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: seamonkey, linux-seamonkey
File : nvt/freebsd_seamonkey.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : Ubuntu Update for thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-915-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_915_1.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2010:0154 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0154_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-03-22 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2010:0154-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0154-02_thunderbird.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1931-1 (nspr)
File : nvt/deb_1931_1.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for MozillaFirefox
File : nvt/sles11_MozillaFirefox4.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:182 (firefox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_182.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:185 (firefox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_185.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:039 (MozillaFirefox)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_039.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-798-1 (xulrunner-1.9)
File : nvt/ubuntu_798_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1162
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1162.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-805-1 (ruby1.9)
File : nvt/ubuntu_805_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1163 (seamonkey)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1163.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1162 (firefox)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1162.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-7961 (blam)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_7961.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1840-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1840_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1163
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1163.nasl
2009-07-23 Name : Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities July-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_jul09_lin.nasl
2009-07-23 Name : Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities July-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_mult_vuln_jul09_win.nasl
2009-07-23 Name : Mozilla Thunderbird Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities July-09 (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_thunderbird_mem_crptn_vuln_jul09_lin.nasl
2009-07-23 Name : Mozilla Thunderbird Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities July-09 (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_thunderbird_mem_crptn_vuln_jul09_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56230 Mozilla Multiple Products Base64 Decoding Unspecified DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201301-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-05 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090722_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-05 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090722_seamonkey_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090723_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090723_firefox_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20100317_thunderbird_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090723_seamonkey_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090728_seamonkey_on_SL3_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-7100.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_seamonkey-100430.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12616.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_seamonkey-100430.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-14 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-071.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2025.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_MozillaThunderbird-100324.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_MozillaThunderbird-100324.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_56cfe192329f11dfabb2000f20797ede.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-915-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19 Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : seamonkey_1119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-19 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_20024.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1840.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1931.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-6379.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_MozillaFirefox-090724.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-31 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-182.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_MozillaFirefox-090724.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_MozillaFirefox-090724.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2009-7961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-798-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-22 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_3012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1163.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
http://secunia.com/advisories/35943
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944
http://secunia.com/advisories/35947
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
http://secunia.com/advisories/38977
http://secunia.com/advisories/39001
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-07.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-915-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0648
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492779
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html
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