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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1739
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=894370
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012656
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.2_release_notes
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19254
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00016.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2790
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-93.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62966
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2030-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html