Mozilla Network Security Service: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202003-37

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS), the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

dev-libs/nss on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.49
Unaffected versions >= 3.49

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) 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.

Description

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

Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

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-3.49"
 

References

Release date
March 16, 2020

Latest revision
March 16, 2020: 2

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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