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CVE-2009-2409

The Network Security Services (NSS) library before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox; GnuTLS before 2.6.4 and 2.7.4; OpenSSL 0.

The Network Security Services (NSS) library before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox.

GnuTLS before 2.6.4 and 2.7.4.

OpenSSL 0.9.8 through 0.9.8k.

and other products support MD2 with X.509 certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof certificates by using MD2 design flaws to generate a hash collision in less than brute-force time. NOTE: the scope of this issue is currently limited because the amount of computation required is still large.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.02215
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

4
gnu gnutls< 2.6.4
gnu gnutls>= 2.7.0 and < 2.7.4
openssl>= 0.9.8 and <= 0.9.8k

Scoring & Timeline

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD30 Jul 2009 · 07:30 PM

Vendor Advisories

19
rhsaRHSA-2010:0478Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2010:0440Important
rhsaRHSA-2010:0095Important
rhsaRHSA-2010:0054Moderate
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References & Sources

37
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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