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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.1530
Critical: nss security update
9 September 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: nss
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-1544
Reference: ASB-2014.0084
ESB-2014.1292
ESB-2014.1260
ESB-2014.1221
ESB-2014.1210
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1165.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: nss security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1165-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1165.html
Issue date: 2014-09-08
CVE Names: CVE-2014-1544
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1. Summary:
Updated nss packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Life Cycle Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support
the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server
applications. Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform
independence for non-GUI operating system facilities.
A race condition was found in the way NSS verified certain certificates.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
that application. (CVE-2014-1544)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber as the
original reporters.
All NSS users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this
update, applications using NSS must be restarted for this update to take
effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1116198 - CVE-2014-1544 nss: Race-condition in certificate verification can lead to Remote code execution (MFSA 2014-63)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS):
Source:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.src.rpm
i386:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.10-7.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.10-7.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS):
Source:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.src.rpm
i386:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.10-7.el4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-1544.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
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