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Debian: DSA-4726-1 Updated nss: Critical Timing Attack Risks

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2020
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Debian DSA-4726-2 warns about crucial updates for OpenSSL to mitigate potential man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities and service disruption risks.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in NSS, a set of cryptographic libraries, which may result in side channel/timing attacks or denial of service
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Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in NSS, a set of cryptographic
libraries, which may result in side channel/timing attacks or denial
of service.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

For the detailed security status of nss please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nss

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-2019-17006 CVE-2019-17023 CVE-2020-12399 CVE-2020-12402

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