Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nss-softokn-freebl package, versions <0:3.44.0-8.44.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.71% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-NSSSOFTOKNFREEBL-1721433
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Jan 2020

Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-11745  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 nss-softokn-freebl to version 0:3.44.0-8.44.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1355.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-softokn-freebl package and not the nss-softokn-freebl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

When encrypting with a block cipher, if a call to NSC_EncryptUpdate was made with data smaller than the block size, a small out of bounds write could occur. This could have caused heap corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

CVSS Scores

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