GLSA 202212-05: Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	12/19/2022
Bugs:	#827946, #836386, #848984, #877169
ID:	202212-05

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service is a library implementing security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/nss	< 3.79.2	>= 3.79.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.79.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202212-05.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.