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Posted on 23 March 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: nss security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1368-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1368
Issue date: 2023-03-21
CVE Names: CVE-2023-0767
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1. Summary:
An update for nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support
the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server
applications.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 (CVE-2023-0767)
Bug Fix(es):
* In FIPS mode, nss should reject RSASSA-PSS salt lengths larger than the
output size of the hash function used, or provide an indicator.
(BZ#2177434)
* Need to update FIPS review comments into NSS RHEL-9. (BZ#2177875)
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.
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2170377 - CVE-2023-0767 nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12
2177434 - In FIPS mode, nss should reject RSASSA-PSS salt lengths larger than the output size of the hash function used, or provide an indicator [rhel-9.1.0.z]
2177875 - Need to update FIPS review comments into NSS RHEL-9 [rhel-9.1.0.z]
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.src.rpm
aarch64:
nspr-4.34.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.34.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.34.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-debugsource-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-tools-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-tools-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-util-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-util-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
nspr-4.34.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.34.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nspr-devel-4.34.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-debugsource-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-tools-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-tools-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-util-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-util-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
nspr-4.34.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.34.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nspr-devel-4.34.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-debugsource-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-util-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-util-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
nspr-4.34.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nspr-4.34.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.34.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.34.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.34.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nspr-devel-4.34.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-debugsource-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-debugsource-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-tools-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-util-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-util-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-util-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-util-debuginfo-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.i686.rpm
nss-util-devel-3.79.0-17.el9_1.x86_64.rpm
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https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0767
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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