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Debian: DSA-3071-1 Critical: Remote Code Execution in NSS

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2014
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Investigate the DSA-3071-1 advisory which addresses a serious nss vulnerability impacting Debian platforms.
In nss, a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications, Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a us...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.14.5-1+deb7u3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2:3.16.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.16.3-1.

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/



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Package: nss
CVE ID: CVE-2014-1544

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