Out-of-bounds Read Affecting mozilla-nss package, versions <3.68-3.56.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-MOZILLANSS-6358811
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed16 Sept 2021

Introduced: 16 Sep 2021

CVE-2020-12403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 mozilla-nss to version 3.68-3.56.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mozilla-nss package and not the mozilla-nss package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.

CVSS Scores

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