Debian: DSA-3033-1: nss security update
Debian: DSA-3033-1: nss security update
Antoine Delignat-Lavaud from Inria discovered an issue in the way NSS (the Mozilla Network Security Service library) was parsing ASN.1 data used in signatures, making it vulnerable to a signature forgery attack.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3033-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez September 25, 2014 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : nss CVE ID : CVE-2014-1568 Antoine Delignat-Lavaud from Inria discovered an issue in the way NSS (the Mozilla Network Security Service library) was parsing ASN.1 data used in signatures, making it vulnerable to a signature forgery attack. An attacker could craft ASN.1 data to forge RSA certificates with a valid certification chain to a trusted CA. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.14.5-1+deb7u2. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.17.1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.17.1. 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: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.