SB2019112801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla NSS 

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SB2019112801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla NSS

Published: November 28, 2019 Updated: December 9, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112801
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11745)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the NSC_EncryptUpdate() function in /lib/softoken/pkcs11c.c, when performing padding operations in Mozilla NSS. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17007)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the collect_certs() function in /lib/pkcs7/certread.c in Mozilla NSS library. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate to the application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References