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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2019:4152-01 Important: nss-softokn Update

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Calendar Grey December 10, 2019
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Red Hat has released a critical advisory highlighting a significant update for nss-softokn, which tackles vulnerabilities in Enterprise Linux 6, ensuring enhanced security and stability.
An update for nss-softokn is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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

Summary

The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate (CVE-2019-11745)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important out-of-bounds cryptographic module nss-softokn

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11745 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-6.el6_10.x86_64.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-6.el6_10.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4152-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4152
Issue date: 2019-12-10

Topic

An update for nss-softokn is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important out-of-bounds cryptographic module nss-softokn

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 Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1774831 - CVE-2019-11745 nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate

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