Out-of-Bounds Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.53.1-1.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-NSSUTIL-1688871
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 22 Oct 2020
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
nss-util
to version 0:3.53.1-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1559
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-util
package and not the nss-util
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2
relevant fixed versions and status.
In Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length checks. In cases where the application calling the library did not perform a sanity check on the inputs it could result in a crash due to a buffer overflow.
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0001/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17006
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1539788
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.46_release_notes
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-040-04