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NSS -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
3.30 <= linux-c6-nss < 3.30.1
3.29 <= linux-c6-nss < 3.29.5
3.22 <= linux-c6-nss < 3.28.4
linux-c6-nss < 3.21.4
3.30 <= linux-c7-nss < 3.30.1
3.29 <= linux-c7-nss < 3.29.5
3.22 <= linux-c7-nss < 3.28.4
linux-c7-nss < 3.21.4
3.30 <= linux-f10-nss < 3.30.1
3.29 <= linux-f10-nss < 3.29.5
3.22 <= linux-f10-nss < 3.28.4
linux-f10-nss < 3.21.4
3.30 <= nss < 3.30.1
3.29 <= nss < 3.29.5
3.22 <= nss < 3.28.4
nss < 3.21.4

Details

VuXML ID 4cb165f0-6e48-423e-8147-92255d35c0f7
Discovery 2017-03-17
Entry 2017-04-19

Mozilla Foundation reports:

An out-of-bounds write during Base64 decoding operation in the Network Security Services (NSS) library due to insufficient memory being allocated to the buffer. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox 53 has been updated with NSS version 3.29.5.

A flaw in DRBG number generation within the Network Security Services (NSS) library where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox 53 has been updated with NSS version 3.29.5.

References

CVE Name CVE-2017-5461
CVE Name CVE-2017-5462
URL https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/99a86619eac9
URL https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/e126381a3c29