Buffer Overflow Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions <0:3.44.0-7.el8_0


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (87th 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 IDSNYK-RHEL8-NSSSYSINIT-3437983
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jul 2019

Introduced: 10 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nss-sysinit to version 0:3.44.0-7.el8_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1951.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault due values being improperly sanitized before being copied into memory and used. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1