[RHSA-2023:1368-01] Important: nss security and bug fix update

Thu Mar 23 14:15:21 UTC 2023

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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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 at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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