Gentoo: GLSA-202003-37 Normal Severity: Mozilla NSS Code Execution Threat
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March 16, 2020
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS), the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) users should upgrade to the
latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.49"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-11695 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11695 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-11696 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11696 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-11697 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11697 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-11698 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11698 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-18508 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18508 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-11745 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11745
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-37
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 16, 2020
Bugs: #627534, #676868, #701840
ID: 202003-37
Topics Covered
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
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/nss < 3.49 >= 3.49
Impact
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An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service
condition or have other unspecified impact.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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