Apologies... The correct advisory text follows. Mozilla Network Security Services SSLv2 Server Stack Overflow Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 02.23.07 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Feb 23, 2007 I. BACKGROUND Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications, providing support for, among others, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol version 2 and 3. For more information visit the following URL. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tools/ II. DESCRIPTION Remote exploitation of an input validation error causing an integer underflow in version 3.10 of the Mozilla Foundation's Network Security Services (NSS) may allow an attacker to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the affected application. The vulnerability specifically exists in code responsible for handling the client master key. While negotiating an SSLv2 session, a client can specify invalid parameters which causes an integer underflow. The resulting value is used as the amount of memory to copy into a fixed size stack buffer. As a result, a potentially exploitable stack-based buffer overflow condition occurs. III. ANALYSIS Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected server. No authentication is required to reach the vulnerable code. No user interaction is required. Since this vulnerability is in library code used by multiple applications, the details of how an attacker would exploit it vary. In all cases, an attacker would need to specify invalid parameters as part of the SSLv2 handshake. Code execution has been demonstrated to be possible under Windows 2000 with a server utilizing the affected library. Depending on the precise details of the server, this vulnerability may also be exploitable on other platforms. IV. DETECTION iDefense has confirmed this vulnerability exists in versions 3.10 and 3.11.3 of the Mozilla Network Security Services. These libraries are used in a variety of products from multiple vendors including Sun Microsystems, Red Hat and Mozilla. Previous versions are also likely to be affected. The names 'libnss3.so' on Linux based systems or 'nss3.dll' on Windows based systems may indicate the library is being used by an application. V. WORKAROUND iDefense is not aware of any effective workaround for this vulnerability. With some servers it may be possible to prevent exposure by disabling SSLv2 support and employing a different protocol. However, this workaround may prevent some clients from being able to access the server. VI. VENDOR RESPONSE The Mozilla Foundation has addressed this vulnerability in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-06. For more information, view their advisory at the following URL. http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-06.html VII. CVE INFORMATION The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2007-0009 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems. VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE 12/18/2006 Initial vendor notification 12/19/2006 Initial vendor response 02/23/2007 Coordinated public disclosure IX. CREDIT This vulnerability was reported to iDefense by regenrecht. Get paid for vulnerability research http://labs.idefense.com/methodology/vulnerability/vcp.php Free tools, research and upcoming events http://labs.idefense.com/ X. LEGAL NOTICES Copyright © 2007 iDefense, Inc. Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert electronically. It may not be edited in any way without the express written consent of iDefense. If you wish to reprint the whole or any part of this alert in any other medium other than electronically, please e-mail customerservice@private for permission. Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, this information.
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