Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202008-08

NSS has multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities when handling secret key material.

Affected packages

dev-libs/nss on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.55
Unaffected versions >= 3.55

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 NSS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker may be able to obtain information about secret key material.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.55"
 

References

Release date
August 19, 2020

Latest revision
August 19, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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