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Gentoo: GLSA 201705-04 Moderate: NSS Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2017
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Review Gentoo GLSA 201705-04 for vulnerabilities in NSS that might enable remote code execution, present DoS threats, and the necessary updates for users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NSS, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution dos normal severity nss

Resolution

All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.29.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5461 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5461 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5462 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5462

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
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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 (NSS): Multiple
Date: May 07, 2017
Bugs: #616032, #616036
ID: 201705-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution dos normal severity nss

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NSS, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing security features like SSL v.2/v.3, 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 < 3.29.5 >= 3.29.5

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or view sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.