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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2800-1 (nss - buffer overflow)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

10 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Andrew Tinits reported a potentially exploitable buffer overflow in the Mozilla Network Security Service library (nss). With a specially crafted request a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software

Affected Software

nss 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 3.12.8-1+squeeze7. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.14.5-1. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.15.3-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.15.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)