CVE-2016-1938 (GCVE-0-2016-1938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-31 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:10
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The s_mp_div function in lib/freebl/mpi/mpi.c in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, improperly divides numbers, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the (1) mp_div or (2) mp_exptmod function.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81955 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/hannob/bignum-fuzz/blob/master/CVE-2016-1938-nss-mp_exptmod.c x_refsource_MISC
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21_release_notes x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00010.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-07.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/37-Mozilla-NSS-Wrong-calculation-results-in-mp_div-and-mp_exptmod.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194947 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://github.com/hannob/bignum-fuzz/blob/master/CVE-2016-1938-nss-mp_div.c x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1190248 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/diff/a555bf0fc23a/lib/freebl/mpi/mpi.c x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
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