Red Hat: 2014:0915-01: nss: Critical Advisory
Summary
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support
the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server
applications.
A race condition was found in the way NSS verified certain certificates.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
that application. (CVE-2014-1544)
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting
CVE-2014-1544. Upstream acknowledges Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber
as the original reporters.
Users of NSS are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct this issue. After installing this update, applications using NSS
must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Summary
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
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-1544.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux LL (v. 5.6 server):
Source:
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.src.rpm
i386:
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
ia64:
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-9.el5_6.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.ia64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-9.el5_6.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-9.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-9.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-9.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-9.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server):
Source:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.src.rpm
i386:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
ia64:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ia64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ppc:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc.rpm
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-9.el5_9.ppc.rpm
s390x:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390.rpm
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390x.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-9.el5_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-3.14.3-9.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-9.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-9.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-9.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4):
Source:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.src.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4):
Source:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.src.rpm
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AUS (v. 6.2 server):
Source:
nss-3.13.1-10.el6_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.13.1-10.el6_2.i686.rpm
nss-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-10.el6_2.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.13.1-10.el6_2.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4):
Source:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.src.rpm
i386:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
ppc64:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc.rpm
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390.rpm
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2):
Source:
nss-3.13.1-10.el6_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-10.el6_2.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-10.el6_2.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.1-10.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4):
Source:
nss-3.14.3-6.el6_4.src.rpm
i386:
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
ppc64:
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
Updated nss packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 ExtendedUpdate Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support, andRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AUS (v. 6.2 server) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.4) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.9 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.4) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux LL (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.4) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1116198 - CVE-2014-1544 nss: Race-condition in certificate verification can lead to Remote code execution (MFSA 2014-63)