SB2013120314 - Input validation error in nspr (Alpine package)



SB2013120314 - Input validation error in nspr (Alpine package)

Published: December 3, 2013

Security Bulletin ID SB2013120314
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5607)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer overflow in the PL_ArenaAllocate function in Mozilla Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) before 4.10.2, as used in Firefox before 25.0.1, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.11 and 24.x before 24.1.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.22.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted X.509 certificate, a related issue to CVE-2013-1741.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.