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Mozilla / NSS S/MIME Implementation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11096
Release Date: 2004-03-11
Popularity: 22,905 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla 1.0
Mozilla 1.1
Mozilla 1.2
Mozilla 1.3
Mozilla 1.4
Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x

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Description:
A vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system, has been reported in NSS (Network Security Services) security suite and Mozilla browsers shipping vulnerable versions of it.

The vulnerability is caused due to a handling error in the S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) implementation when parsing certain ASN.1 constructs. This can be exploited by sending a specially crafted S/MIME email containing an exceptional ASN.1 element to a user.

The vulnerability reportedly affects NSS 3.8 and prior as well as Mozilla browsers shipping affected versions.

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