Out-of-Bounds Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions <0:3.13.5-1.el6_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.62% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-NSSSYSINIT-1445750
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jun 2012

Introduced: 5 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-0441  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 nss-sysinit to version 0:3.13.5-1.el6_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1091.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.13.4, as used in Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a zero-length item, as demonstrated by (1) a zero-length basic constraint or (2) a zero-length field in an OCSP response.

CVSS Scores

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