Homepage
About Snyk

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting nss package, versions <0:3.16.1-4.el6_5

Severity

 Recommended
critical

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.29% (86th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-NSS-2100220
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Feb 2014
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 4 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1490 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-367 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 nss to version 0:3.16.1-4.el6_5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
Expand this section

NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
Expand this section

Red Hat

5.6 medium