Hash Collision Vulnerability in Network Security Services Library and Related Products
CVE-2009-2409

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Firefox
Nss
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 July 2009

What is CVE-2009-2409?

The Network Security Services (NSS) library, alongside GnuTLS and certain versions of OpenSSL, contain a vulnerability due to flaws in the MD2 hashing algorithm. This can allow remote attackers to exploit hash collisions in X.509 certificates, potentially leading to certificate spoofing. While the attack complexity is high and computational resources required are significant, effective mitigations should be employed to safeguard applications relying on these libraries.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36139
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36157
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-20...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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