Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2058-1 nss -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 07 Jan 2020
- Affected Packages:
- nss
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-17006.
- More information:
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It was found that certain cryptographic primitives in nss, the Network Security Service libraries, did not check the length of the input text. This could result in a potential heap-based buffer overflow.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.26-1+debu8u10.We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS