Issued:
2013-09-30
Updated:
2013-09-30

RHBA-2013:1318 - nss bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

nss bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated nss packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • 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#784676)

  • Previously, output of the certutil -H command, which is a list of options and arguments used by the certutil tool, did not describe the -F option. This information has been added and the -F option is now properly described in the output of certutil -H. (BZ#807419)

  • Due to a bug in the FreeBL library, the Openswan application could generate a Key Exchange payload that was one byte shorter than what was required by the Diffie Hellman (DH) protocol. Consequently, Openswan dropped connections during such payloads. With this update, the DH key derivation function in FreeBL has been fixed and connections are no longer dropped by Openswan. (BZ#855809)

  • Previously, the remote-viewer utility failed to utilize a plugged-in smart card reader when a Spice client was running. Eventually, the client could terminate unexpectedly. Now, remote-viewer recognizes the reader and offers authentication once the card is inserted, and the crashes no longer occur. (BZ#975600)

  • With this update, NSS has incorporated various GCM code fixes applied upstream since nss-3.14.3 was released. (BZ#987131)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, NSS's own internal cryptographic module now supports the NIST Suite B set of recommended algorithms for Elliptic Curve Cryptography. (BZ#960241)

Users of NSS and NSPR are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add this enhancement. After installing this update, applications using NSS or NSPR must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • nss-tools-3.14.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.s390.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.src.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nss-tools-3.14.3-18.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.s390.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.s390.rpm
  • nss-tools-3.14.3-18.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nss-tools-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nss-3.14.3-18.el5.s390.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ia64.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nss-tools-3.14.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
  • nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.src.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.s390.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • nss-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.s390.rpm
  • nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-18.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nspr-4.9.5-2.el5.s390.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • nspr-devel-4.9.5-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-2.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information