USN-2790-1

Ryan Sleevi discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nspr

Package

Name: nspr
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nspr@2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

2:4.*

2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1

2:4.9.5-1ubuntu2

2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1

2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1

2:4.10.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnspr4",
            "binary_version": "2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnspr4-0d",
            "binary_version": "2:4.10.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-7183",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2790-1.json"