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SUSE: 2022:15879-2 Critical: Mozilla-NSS Buffer Overflow Resolution

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2021
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Addresses a memory corruption vulnerability in mozilla-nss, comprehensive security patches released for SUSE platforms now accessible.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for mozilla-nss fixes the following issues: Update to version 3.68.1: - CVE-2021-43527: Fixed a Heap overflow in NSS when verifying DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures (bsc#1193170). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-mozilla-nss-14858=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mozilla-nss-14858=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mozilla-nss-14858=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-mozilla-nss-14858=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory important heap overflow suse mozilla-nss

References

#1193170

Cross- CVE-2021-43527

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-43527 (SUSE): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43527.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193170

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14858-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory important heap overflow suse mozilla-nss

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