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Red Hat: Security Notice RHSA-2013:0213-01 for Nss Update

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial update from Red Hat addresses vulnerabilities in NSS and associated components; includes vital bug corrections and improvements.
Updated nss, nss-util, and nspr packages that fix one security issue, various bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities.
It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued two intermediate certificates to customers. These certificates could be used to launch man-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders those certificates as untrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL, S/MIME, and code signing. (BZ#890605)
Note: This fix only applies to applications using the NSS Builtin Object Token. It does not render the certificates untrusted for applications that use the NSS library, but do not use the NSS Builtin Object Token.
In addition, the nss package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.6, the nss-util package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.6, and the nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.9.2. These updates provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. (BZ#891663, BZ#891670, BZ#891661)
Users of NSS, NSPR, and nss-util are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements. After installing this update, applications using NSS, NSPR, or nss-util must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat network services important update NSS

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-20/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: nspr-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nss-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-sysinit-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-tools-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
x86_64: nspr-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nspr-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm nss-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-3.13.6-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm nss-sysinit-3.13.6-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm nss-tools-3.13.6-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm nss-util-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-3.13.6-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.6-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nspr-devel-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-devel-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-2.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm nss-util-devel-3.13.6-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
x86_64: nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.i686.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-0.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0213-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0213.html
Issue date: 2013-01-31

Topic

Updated nss, nss-util, and nspr packages that fix one security issue,various bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat network services important update NSS

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

890605 - nss: Dis-trust TURKTRUST mis-issued *.google.com certificate

891661 - [RFE] Rebase nspr to 4.9.2 due to Firefox 17 ESR

891663 - [RFE] Rebase to NSS >= 3.13.6

891670 - [RFE] Rebase to NSS-UTIL >= 3.13.6

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