Bug#873257: nss: CVE-2017-11696: heap-buffer-overflow (write of size 65544) in __hash_open

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: nss
Version: 2:3.26-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360778

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for nss.

CVE-2017-11696[0]:
|heap-buffer-overflow (write of size 65544) in __hash_open
|(lib/dbm/src/hash.c:241)

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11696
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11696

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore