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SUSE: CVE-2016-1978: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1978: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/14/2016
Modified
02/08/2021

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory consumption.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmac
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmac-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmac
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-tools
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0727
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0777
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0820
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0909
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1
  • RHSA-2016:0591
  • RHSA-2016:0684
  • RHSA-2016:0685
  • DLA-480-1
  • DSA-3688
  • 84275
  • 91787
  • 1035258
  • USN-2973-1
  • GLSA-201605-06
  • CVE-2016-1978
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