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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:0214-01 Important: NSS/NSPR Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to resolve significant vulnerabilities in nss and nspr, alongside various error fixes.
Updated nss and nspr packages that fix one security issue, various bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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)
In addition, the nss 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#893371, BZ#893372)
All NSS and NSPR users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. After installing the update, applications using NSS and NSPR must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important advisory NSS update NSPR update

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. 5 client):
Source:
i386: nspr-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: nspr-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-4.9.2-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-devel-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64: nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nspr-devel-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-devel-4.9.2-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.i386.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: nspr-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm nspr-debuginfo-4.9.2-2.el5_9.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0214-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0214.html
Issue date: 2013-01-31

Topic

Updated nss and nspr packages that fix one security issue, various bugs,and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.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 Enterprise Linux important advisory NSS update NSPR update

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

893371 - [RFE] [RHEL5] Rebase to NSS >= 3.13.6

893372 - [RFE] Rebase nspr to 4.9.2 due to Firefox 17 ESR

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