CVE-2016-5285
Public on 2016-12-15
Modified on 2016-12-15
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way NSS handled invalid Diffie-Hellman keys. A remote client could use this flaw to crash a TLS/SSL server using NSS.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2016-12-15 | ALAS-2016-774 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss-softokn | 2016-12-15 | ALAS-2016-774 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss-util | 2016-12-15 | ALAS-2016-774 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |