PT-2016-1438 · Mozilla+4 · Network Security Services+5

Tim Taubert + 1 · Published 2016-03-08 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-1979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Network Security Services (NSS) versions prior to 3.21.1 Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11 ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker using specially crafted key data with DER encoding, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Network Security Services (NSS) versions prior to 3.21.1, update to version 3.21.1 or later. For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the PK11 ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00739

CESA-2016_0591

CESA-2016_0685

CVE-2016-1979

DLA-472-1

DLA-480-1

DSA-3576-1

DSA-3688-1

MGASA-2016-0105

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0731-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_0733-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:0591

RHSA-2016:0684

RHSA-2016:0685

RHSA-2016_0591

RHSA-2016_0684

RHSA-2016_0685

SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1

USN-2973-1

Affected Products

Centos

Firefox

Network Security Services

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2162

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1979 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-24 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-136 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-36 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1979 · Vendor Advisory