Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.2 does not ensure that data structures are initialized before read operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a decryption failure.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1739 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the version of nss as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (nss) | RHSA-2013:1829 | 2013-12-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (nss) | RHSA-2013:1791 | 2013-12-05 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | nss | Not affected |
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