SB2017060216 - Debian update for nss
Published: June 2, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5461)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error during Base64 decoding operation in the Network Security Services (NSS) library. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5462)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox has been updated with corresponding version of NSS.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7502)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
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.