vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1978: Security patch for nspr, nss-util, nss, nss-softokn (ALAS-2016-702)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 13, 2016 | May 18, 2016 | Apr 16, 2020 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 13, 2016
Added
May 18, 2016
Modified
Apr 16, 2020
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade--nssamazon-linux-upgrade--nss-softoknamazon-linux-upgrade--nss-utilamazon-linux-upgrade-nspr
References
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