Out-of-Bounds Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions <0:3.44.0-7.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NSSSYSINIT-1677766
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 nss-sysinit to version 0:3.44.0-7.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1384.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-sysinit package and not the nss-sysinit package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault due values being improperly sanitized before being copied into memory and used. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

CVSS Scores

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