Debian: DSA-2790-1 Critical: NSS Library Denial of Service Risk
debian
November 2, 2013
A flaw was found in the way the Mozilla Network Security Service library (nss) read uninitialized data when there was a decryption failure
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Summary
The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.14.4-1.
The packages in the stable distribution were updated to the latest patch
release 3.14.4 of the library to also include a regression bugfix for a
flaw that affects the libpkix certificate verification cache. More
information can be found via:
For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.15.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.15.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: nss
CVE ID: CVE-2013-1739
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