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Gentoo GLSA-202212-05: High Severity Mozilla NSS Risks for Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The recent Gentoo GLSA 202212-05 report highlights several critical vulnerabilities within NSS, which present significant threats such as the potential for arbitrary code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple risks mozilla nss

Resolution

All Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.79.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-43527 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43527 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-1097 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1097 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-3479 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3479 [ 4 ] MFSA-2021-51

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-05
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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: High
Title: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 19, 2022
Bugs: #827946, #836386, #848984, #877169
ID: 202212-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple risks mozilla nss

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service 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 < 3.79.2 >= 3.79.2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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