CVE-2014-1568
Public on 2014-09-25
Modified on 2014-10-01
Description
A flaw was found in the way NSS parsed ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) input from certain RSA signatures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to forge RSA certificates by providing a specially crafted signature to an application using NSS.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2014-10-01 | ALAS-2014-424 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss-softokn | 2014-10-01 | ALAS-2014-423 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss-util | 2014-10-01 | ALAS-2014-422 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |