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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201705-04 ] Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 20:43:13
Message-Id: 2ae5d2ac-0df3-72e3-5877-3e4658443b8a@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201705-04
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple
9 vulnerabilities
10 Date: May 07, 2017
11 Bugs: #616032, #616036
12 ID: 201705-04
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16 Synopsis
17 ========
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19 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NSS, the worst of which may
20 allow execution of arbitrary code.
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22 Background
23 ==========
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25 The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing
26 security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11,
27 PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.
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29 Affected packages
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33 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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35 1 dev-libs/nss < 3.29.5 >= 3.29.5
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37 Description
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40 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS. Please review the
41 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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43 Impact
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46 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
47 privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or view
48 sensitive information.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.29.5"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-5461
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5461
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5462
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5462
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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