Issued:

2014-08-18

Updated:

2014-08-18

RHSA-2014:1073 - Low: nss, nss-util, nss-softokn security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Synopsis

Low: nss, nss-util, nss-softokn security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

Updated nss, nss-util, and nss-softokn packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low 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. Applications built with NSS can support SSLv3, TLS, and other security standards.

It was found that the implementation of Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) hostname matching in NSS did not follow the RFC 6125 recommendations. This could lead to certain invalid certificates with international characters to be accepted as valid. (CVE-2014-1492)

In addition, the nss, nss-util, and nss-softokn packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.16.2, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. (BZ#1124659)

Users of NSS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. After installing this update, applications using NSS 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.src.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-tools-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.src.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-tools-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.src.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.16.2-2.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.16.2-1.el7_0.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.16.2-2.el7_0.i686.rpm
• nss-tools-3.16.2-2.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2-1.el7_0.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1079851
• This content is not included.BZ - 1124659

CVEs

• CVE-2014-1492

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
• Content from developer.mozilla.org is not included.Content from developer.mozilla.org is not included.https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.16.2_release_notes

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.