A nss security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3.
RHSA-2021:4994-03: Critical: nss security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: nss security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4994-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4994
Issue date: 2021-12-07
CVE Names: CVE-2021-43527
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1. Summary:
An update for nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Advanced Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Critical. 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 Server AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3) - 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: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and
RSA-PSS) (CVE-2021-43527)
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/):
2024370 - CVE-2021-43527 nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and RSA-PSS)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3):
Source:
nss-3.28.4-2.el7_3.src.rpm
x86_64:
nss-3.28.4-2.el7_3.i686.rpm
nss-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.28.4-2.el7_3.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.28.4-2.el7_3.i686.rpm
nss-devel-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
nss-sysinit-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3):
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.28.4-2.el7_3.i686.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.28.4-2.el7_3.i686.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.28.4-2.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43527
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2021-008
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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