Issued:

2013-12-16

Updated:

2013-12-16

RHSA-2013:1840 - Important: nss security update

Synopsis

Important: nss security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Updated nss packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 Extended Update Support.

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

A flaw was found in the way NSS handled invalid handshake packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL client using NSS to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-5605)

All NSS users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, applications using NSS must be restarted for the changes 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

Updated Packages

• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.src.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-tools-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.14.3-5.el6_4.s390x.rpm
• nss-tools-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.src.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-tools-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.13.1-9.el6_2.src.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.1-9.el6_2.s390x.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.13.6-3.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
• nss-tools-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.i686.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.14.3-5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-5.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.13.1-9.el6_2.i686.rpm
• nss-tools-3.13.6-3.el6_3.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.6-3.el6_3.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.13.6-3.el6_3.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1030807

CVEs

• CVE-2013-5605

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Additional information

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