Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a memory corruption flaw in Mozilla NSS, a security library used by Firefox and other products. A maliciously crafted ASN.1 OCTET STRING could crash an affected application and may allow code execution. The main business risk is from legacy browsers, servers, appliances, or packaged software still carrying old NSS versions. Exposure is most likely in unsupported or unpatched legacy systems using NSS, Firefox, Firefox ESR, or vendor-distributed packages covered by Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, SUSE, Gentoo, Oracle, or Blue Coat advisories. Current systems are less likely exposed if vendor security updates have been maintained. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup priority. It is old, but the impact includes possible code execution in a foundational security library. Focus on finding unmaintained systems and vendor appliances that may have missed 2015-2016 security updates. Mitigation focus: Upgrade NSS to 3.19.2.1, 3.20.1, or later where applicable.; Upgrade Firefox to 42.0 or later, and Firefox ESR to 38.4 or later.; Apply relevant vendor security updates for affected Linux, Oracle, or appliance packages..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa119CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201512-10CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202868CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.20.1_release_notesCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.4_release_notesCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19.2.1_release_notesCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201605-06CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
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