Slackware: 2014-086-05 Moderate: OpenSSL TLS Man-In-The-Middle Threat

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain name's U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1492 (* Security fix *)