Race Condition The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nss  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-NSS-632437
  • published6 Feb 2014
  • disclosed6 Feb 2014

Introduced: 6 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss package and not the nss package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.

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