Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2012-0441 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU45693
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0441
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages:
i686:Vulnerable software versions
nss-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
nss-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
nss-tools-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.i686
src:
nss-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.src
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
nss-tools-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
nss-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
nss-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-108.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.