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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202003-37 ] Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:20:05
Message-Id: 370651f5-8416-0d30-e915-fb9212679de9@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-37
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 16, 2020
10 Bugs: #627534, #676868, #701840
11 ID: 202003-37
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Network Security
19 Service (NSS), the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing
25 security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11,
26 PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 dev-libs/nss < 3.49 >= 3.49
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network
40 Security Service (NSS). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced
41 below for details.
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43 Impact
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46 An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service
47 condition or have other unspecified impact.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) users should upgrade to the
58 latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.49"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-11695
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11695
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-11696
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11696
70 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-11697
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11697
72 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-11698
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11698
74 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-18508
75 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18508
76 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-11745
77 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11745
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79 Availability
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82 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
83 the Gentoo Security Website:
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85 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-37
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87 Concerns?
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90 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
91 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
92 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
93 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
94 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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96 License
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99 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
100 belongs to its owner(s).
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102 The contents of this document are licensed under the
103 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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105 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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