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CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1185 centos3 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1185 centos3 i386, fixes a heap overflow flaw in NSS library used by SeaMonkey for matching common names in certificates, which could lead to arbitrary code execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-July/016060.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880703");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:1185");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2404");
  script_name("CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2009:1185 centos3 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'seamonkey'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS3");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"seamonkey on CentOS 3");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC
  chat client, and HTML editor.

  Moxie Marlinspike reported a heap overflow flaw in a regular expression
  parser in the NSS library (provided by SeaMonkey) used to match common
  names in certificates. A malicious website could present a
  carefully-crafted certificate in such a way as to trigger the heap
  overflow, leading to a crash or, possibly, arbitrary code execution with
  the permissions of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-2404)

  Note: in order to exploit this issue without further user interaction, the
  carefully-crafted certificate would need to be signed by a Certificate
  Authority trusted by SeaMonkey, otherwise SeaMonkey presents the victim
  with a warning that the certificate is untrusted. Only if the user then
  accepts the certificate will the overflow take place.

  All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
  a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated
  packages, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS3")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey", rpm:"seamonkey~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-chat", rpm:"seamonkey-chat~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-devel", rpm:"seamonkey-devel~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-dom-inspector", rpm:"seamonkey-dom-inspector~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-js-debugger", rpm:"seamonkey-js-debugger~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-mail", rpm:"seamonkey-mail~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-nspr", rpm:"seamonkey-nspr~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-nspr-devel", rpm:"seamonkey-nspr-devel~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-nss", rpm:"seamonkey-nss~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"seamonkey-nss-devel", rpm:"seamonkey-nss-devel~1.0.9~0.41.el3.centos3", rls:"CentOS3")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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