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Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2018:2768-01 - NSS Update Details

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2018
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A new nss security patch has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, classified as having moderate risk. Explore the specifics.
An update for nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, applications using NSS (for example, Firefox) must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: ServerHello.random is all zeros when handling a v2-compatible ClientHello (CVE-2018-12384)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services NSS

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12384 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-sysinit-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-tools-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-sysinit-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-tools-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.i686.rpm nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: nss-3.36.0-7.el7_5.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2768-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2768
Issue date: 2018-09-25

Topic

An update for nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update software patch Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services NSS

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1622089 - CVE-2018-12384 nss: ServerHello.random is all zeros when handling a v2-compatible ClientHello

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