Issued:

2012-07-17

Updated:

2012-07-17

RHSA-2012:1091 - Moderate: nss, nspr, and nss-util security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Synopsis

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

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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.

A flaw was found in the way the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) decoder in NSS handled zero length items. This flaw could cause the decoder to incorrectly skip or replace certain items with a default value, or could cause an application to crash if, for example, it received a specially-crafted OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) response. (CVE-2012-0441)

The nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.9.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#833762)

The nss-util package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.5, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#833763)

The nss package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.5, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#834100)

All NSS, NSPR, and nss-util users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct 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.

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.src.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.5-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.src.rpm
• nspr-debuginfo-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.13.5-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nspr-devel-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nspr-4.9.1-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.5-1.el6_3.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 827833
• This content is not included.BZ - 833762
• This content is not included.BZ - 833763
• This content is not included.BZ - 834100

CVEs

• CVE-2012-0441

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• Content from www.mozilla.org is not included.Content from www.mozilla.org is not included.http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.