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Debian Buster: DLA-3757-1 Critical: Timing Attack in NSS TLS

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2024
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Several security flaws identified in nss libraries, affecting TLS protocols and possibly resulting in exploitation risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in nss, a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications
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Summary

CVE-2023-5388

Timing attack against RSA decryption in TLS. This vulnerablity has been
named The Marvin Attack.

CVE-2024-0743

An unchecked return value in TLS handshake code could have caused a
potentially exploitable crash.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version
2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: nss
Version: 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u8
CVE ID: CVE-2023-5388 CVE-2024-0743
Debian Bug: 1056284

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