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Scientific Linux: CVE-2010-3170 Low: nss Man-in-the-Middle Risk

Calendar Mar 03, 2011 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory security update low severity man-in-the-middle SSL certificate nss Scientific Linux
Low: nss security update 
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:18:17 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Low: nss on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Low: nss security update
Issue date:	2010-11-10
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3170

A flaw was found in the way NSS matched SSL certificates when the
certificates had a Common Name containing a wildcard and a partial IP
address. NSS incorrectly accepted connections to IP addresses that fell
within the SSL certificate's wildcard range as valid SSL connections,
possibly allowing an attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.
(CVE-2010-3170)

After installing the update, applications using NSS must be restarted
for the changes to take effect.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
nss-3.12.8-1.el6_0.src.rpm
nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.el6_0.src.rpm
nss-util-3.12.8-1.el6_0.src.rpm
 i386:
nss-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-util-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
nss-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.8-1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el6_0.0.sl6.x86_64.rpm
nss-util-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-util-3.12.8-1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.i686.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.12.8-1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson