Summary
Abhiskek Arya discovered an out of bounds write in the cvt_t() function of the NetScape Portable Runtime Library which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:4.10.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nspr packages.
Affected
nspr on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-1545 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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