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CentOS: (CVE-2016-1979) (Multiple Advisories): nspr, nss, nss-softokn, nss-util

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-1979) (Multiple Advisories): nspr, nss, nss-softokn, nss-util

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-nspr
  • centos-upgrade-nspr-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss
  • centos-upgrade-nss-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss-pkcs11-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss-softokn
  • centos-upgrade-nss-softokn-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss-softokn-freebl
  • centos-upgrade-nss-softokn-freebl-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss-sysinit
  • centos-upgrade-nss-tools
  • centos-upgrade-nss-util
  • centos-upgrade-nss-util-devel

References

  • DLA-472-1
  • DLA-480-1
  • DSA-3576
  • DSA-3688
  • USN-2973-1
  • CVE-2016-1979

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