- Issued:
- 2012-06-20
- Updated:
- 2012-06-20
RHBA-2012:1003 - nss bug fix update
Synopsis
nss bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated nss packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Due to a missing out-of-memory (OOM) check and improper freeing of allocated memory, the Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) module did not fully validate the encoding of certificates stored in a PEM-formatted file. As a consequence, error handling tests failed. With this update, the PEM module correctly validates the encoding, handles memory deallocation consistently, and error handling tests pass as expected. (BZ#828679)
All users of nss are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via 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
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- nss-tools-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
- nss-sysinit-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
- nss-sysinit-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.src.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-sysinit-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
- nss-tools-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
- nss-tools-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
- nss-sysinit-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
- nss-debuginfo-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
- nss-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-tools-3.13.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
- nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
Fixes
(none)
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
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