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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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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 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 |