[RHSA-2012:0973-04] Moderate: nss, nss-util, and nspr security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: nss, nss-util, and nspr security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0973-04

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0973.html

Issue date: 2012-06-20

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1. Summary:

 

Updated nss, nss-util, and nspr packages that fix one security issue,

several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate

security impact.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - 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.

 

It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued a subordinate CA

certificate to its customer, that could be used to issue certificates for

any name. This update renders the subordinate CA certificate as untrusted.

(BZ#798533)

 

Note: This fix only applies to applications using the NSS Builtin Object

Token. It does not render the certificates untrusted for applications that

use the NSS library, but do not use the NSS Builtin Object Token.

 

The nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.9, which provides

a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

(BZ#799193)

 

The nss-util package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.3, which

provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

(BZ#799192)

 

The nss package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.3, which

provides numerous bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. In

particular, SSL 2.0 is now disabled by default, support for SHA-224 has

been added, PORT_ErrorToString and PORT_ErrorToName now return the error

message and symbolic name of an NSS error code, and NSS_GetVersion now

returns the NSS version string. (BZ#744070)

 

These updated nss, nss-util, and nspr packages also provide fixes for the

following bugs:

 

* A PEM module internal function did not clean up memory when detecting a

non-existent file name. Consequently, memory leaks in client code occurred.

The code has been improved to deallocate such temporary objects and as a

result the reported memory leakage is gone. (BZ#746632)

 

* Recent changes to NSS re-introduced a problem where applications could

not use multiple SSL client certificates in the same process. Therefore,

any attempt to run commands that worked with multiple SSL client

certificates, such as the "yum repolist" command, resulted in a

re-negotiation handshake failure. With this update, a revised patch

correcting this problem has been applied to NSS, and using multiple SSL

client certificates in the same process is now possible again. (BZ#761086)

 

* The PEM module did not fully initialize newly constructed objects with

function pointers set to NULL. Consequently, a segmentation violation in

libcurl was sometimes experienced while accessing a package repository.

With this update, the code has been changed to fully initialize newly

allocated objects. As a result, updates can now be installed without

problems. (BZ#768669)

 

* A lack-of-robustness flaw caused the administration server for Red Hat

Directory Server to terminate unexpectedly because the mod_nss module made

nss calls before initializing nss as per the documented API. With this

update, nss protects itself against being called before it has been

properly initialized by the caller. (BZ#784674)

 

* Compilation errors occurred with some compilers when compiling code

against NSS 3.13.1. The following error message was displayed:

 

pkcs11n.h:365:26: warning: "__GNUC_MINOR" is not defined

 

An upstream patch has been applied to improve the code and the problem no

longer occurs. (BZ#795693)

 

* Unexpected terminations were reported in the messaging daemon (qpidd)

included in Red Hat Enterprise MRG after a recent update to nss. This

occurred because qpidd made nss calls before initializing nss. These

updated packages prevent qpidd and other affected processes that call nss

without initializing as mandated by the API from crashing. (BZ#797426)

 

Users of NSS, NSPR, and nss-util are advised to upgrade to these updated

packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements. After

installing this update, applications using NSS, NSPR, or nss-util 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/knowledge/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

717913 - [PEM] various flaws detected by Coverity

746632 - [PEM] pem_CreateObject() leaks memory given a non-existing file name

768669 - [PEM] an unregistered callback causes a SIGSEGV

769616 - CKFW leaks memory when loading libnsspem.so after upgrade of nss

772053 - premature unloading of softoken crashes libcurl

772628 - nss_Init() leaks memory

784674 - nss should protect against being called before nss_Init

795693 - /usr/include/nss3/pkcs11n.h:365:26: warning: "__GNUC_MINOR" is not defined

797426 - Qpid AMQP daemon fails to load after latest updates

798533 - nss: Distrust MITM subCAs issued by TrustWave

799192 - Rebase nss-util to 3.13.3

799193 - Update nspr to 4.9

805232 - pem module may attempt to free an uninitialized pointer

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

 

ppc64:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.ppc.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.ppc64.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.ppc.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.ppc64.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.ppc.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.s390.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.s390x.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.s390.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.s390x.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.s390.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.s390.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.s390.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.s390.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.s390.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.s390.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.s390.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

 

ppc64:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.s390.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.s390.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.9-1.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

nspr-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-debuginfo-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.i686.rpm

nspr-devel-4.9-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-sysinit-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-tools-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

nss-util-devel-3.13.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.13.3-6.el6.src.rpm

 

i386:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.i686.rpm

nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

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7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

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