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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2820-1 (nspr - integer overflow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that NSPR, Netscape Portable Runtime library, could crash an application using the library when parsing a certificate that causes an integer overflow. This flaw only affects 64-bit systems.
Affected Software
Affected Software
nspr on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8.6-1+squeeze1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u1. For the testing distribution (jessie), and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your nspr packages.