Mozilla Firefox Race Condition in libnss CERT_DestroyCertificate() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1030617 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1030617
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2014-1544
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 22 2014
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 31
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted certificate that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a use-after-free and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The flaw can be triggered when a pair of NSSCertificate structures are added to a trust domain and then one of the structures is removed while still in use by the trusted cache.
Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can create a certificate that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (31).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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