glsa-201705-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201705-04">
  <title>Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NSS, the worst of which
    may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">nss</product>
  <announced>2017-05-07</announced>
  <revised>2017-05-07: 1</revised>
  <bug>616032</bug>
  <bug>616036</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/nss" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.29.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.29.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing
      security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS
      #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or view
      sensitive information.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/nss-3.29.5"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5461">CVE-2017-5461</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5462">CVE-2017-5462</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-30T13:52:41Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-05-07T20:17:08Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>