Scientific Linux: SLSA-2016:0370-1 Critical: nss-util Buffer Overflow

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:14:15 -0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Critical: nss-util on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64
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Message-ID: <20160309161415.29470.61729@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Critical: nss-util security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0370-1
Issue Date: 2016-03-09
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1950
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A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way NSS parsed certain
ASN.1 structures. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially
crafted certificate which, when parsed by NSS, could cause it to crash, or
execute arbitrary code, using the permissions of the user running an
application compiled against the NSS library. (CVE-2016-1950)

For the update to take effect, all applications linked to the nss and nss-
util library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.
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SL6
 x86_64
 nss-util-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
 nss-util-3.19.1-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 nss-util-debuginfo-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
 nss-util-debuginfo-3.19.1-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 nss-util-devel-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
 nss-util-devel-3.19.1-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 nss-util-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
 nss-util-debuginfo-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
 nss-util-devel-3.19.1-5.el6_7.i686.rpm
SL7
 x86_64
 nss-util-3.19.1-9.el7_2.i686.rpm
 nss-util-3.19.1-9.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 nss-util-debuginfo-3.19.1-9.el7_2.i686.rpm
 nss-util-debuginfo-3.19.1-9.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
 nss-util-devel-3.19.1-9.el7_2.i686.rpm
 nss-util-devel-3.19.1-9.el7_2.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team