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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1950) (Multiple Advisories): nss and nss-util security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-1950) (Multiple Advisories): nss and nss-util security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/13/2016
Modified
01/22/2020

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nspr
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nspr-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-pkcs11-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-sysinit
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-util
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nss-util-devel

References

  • ELSA-2016-2779
  • DLA-480-1
  • DSA-3510
  • DSA-3520
  • DSA-3688
  • USN-2917-1
  • USN-2917-2
  • USN-2917-3
  • USN-2924-1
  • USN-2934-1
  • CVE-2016-1950
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