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Gentoo: GLSA-202009-09 Normal: Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla NSS

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202008-09 provides an update regarding Mozilla NSS security flaws related to improper secret key management along with detailed upgrade guidelines.
NSS has multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities when handling secret key material.

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 information disclosure security features normal nss secret key

Resolution

All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.55"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12400 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12400 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-12401 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12401 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-12403 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12403

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-08
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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: August 19, 2020
Bugs: #734986
ID: 202008-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo information disclosure security features normal nss secret key

Synopsis

NSS has multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities when handling secret key material.

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 < 3.55 >= 3.55

Impact

===== An attacker may be able to obtain information about secret key material.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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