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CVE-2016-2834

Public on 2016-06-13
Modified on 2016-12-15
Description

Multiple buffer handling flaws were found in the way NSS handled cryptographic data from the network. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash an application using NSS or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 nss 2016-12-15 00:32 ALAS-2016-774
Amazon Linux 1 nss-softokn 2016-12-15 00:32 ALAS-2016-774
Amazon Linux 1 nss-util 2016-12-15 00:32 ALAS-2016-774

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H