[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-19 ] Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-19

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: June 21, 2014

Bugs: #455558, #486114, #491234

ID: 201406-19

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network

Security Service, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

 

Background

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The Mozilla Network Security Service is a library implementing security

features like SSL v2/v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12,

S/MIME and X.509 certificates.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-libs/nss < 3.15.3 >= 3.15.3

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Mozilla Network

Security Service. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below

for more details about the vulnerabilities.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Mozilla Network Security Service users should upgrade to the latest

version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.15.3"

 

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools

such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these

packages.

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1620

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1620

[ 2 ] CVE-2013-1739

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1739

[ 3 ] CVE-2013-1741

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1741

[ 4 ] CVE-2013-2566

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2566

[ 5 ] CVE-2013-5605

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5605

[ 6 ] CVE-2013-5606

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5606

[ 7 ] CVE-2013-5607

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5607

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5