SB2017053101 - Red Hat Linux update for NSS library
Published: May 31, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017053101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7502)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference error in NSS since 3.24.0 when processing empty SSLv2 messages, received from clients. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to vulnerable service and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.