Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nss-tools package, versions <0:3.67.0-4.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-NSSTOOLS-2595210
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Dec 2021

Introduced: 8 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-43527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 nss-tools to version 0:3.67.0-4.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4904.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-tools package and not the nss-tools package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

NSS (Network Security Services) versions prior to 3.73 or 3.68.1 ESR are vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures. Applications using NSS for handling signatures encoded within CMS, S/MIME, PKCS #7, or PKCS #12 are likely to be impacted. Applications using NSS for certificate validation or other TLS, X.509, OCSP or CRL functionality may be impacted, depending on how they configure NSS. Note: This vulnerability does NOT impact Mozilla Firefox. However, email clients and PDF viewers that use NSS for signature verification, such as Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution and Evince are believed to be impacted. This vulnerability affects NSS < 3.73 and NSS < 3.68.1.

CVSS Scores

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