Issued:

2019-12-10

Updated:

2019-12-10

RHSA-2019:4190 - Important: nss, nss-softokn, nss-util security update

Synopsis

Important: nss, nss-softokn, nss-util security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for nss, nss-softokn, and nss-util is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) 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.

The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module.

The nss-util packages provide utilities for use with the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries.

Security Fix(es):

• nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate (CVE-2019-11745)

• nss: Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault (CVE-2019-11729)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, applications using NSS (for example, Firefox) must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.src.rpm
• nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.s390.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
• nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc.rpm
• nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-util-3.44.0-4.el7_7.src.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
• nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el7_7.i686.rpm
• nss-util-devel-3.44.0-4.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
• nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.s390x.rpm
• nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1728437
• This content is not included.BZ - 1774831

CVEs

• CVE-2019-11729
• CVE-2019-11745

References

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

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/.
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