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Gentoo: GLSA-201406-20 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2014
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Numerous flaws in Mozilla's Network Security Service could lead to Denial of Service attacks. It's advisable to update to mitigate potential threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network Security Service, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Mozilla Network Security Service. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for more details about the vulnerabilities.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service normal severity Mozilla NSS

Resolution

All Mozilla Network Security Service users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.15.3"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1620 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1620 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-1739 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1739 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1741 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1741 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-2566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2566 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-5605 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5605 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-5606 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5606 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-5607 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5607

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-19
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 21, 2014
Bugs: #455558, #486114, #491234
ID: 201406-19

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service normal severity Mozilla NSS

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network Security Service, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service is a library implementing security features like SSL v2/v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/nss < 3.15.3 >= 3.15.3

Impact

===== A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.