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[slackware-security] mozilla-nss

2023-01-0702:09:10
Slackware Linux Project
www.slackware.com
18
slackware
mozilla-nss
security fix
memory corruption
upgrade
cve-2021-43527

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

81.4%

New mozilla-nss packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed memory corruption in NSS via DER-encoded DSA and RSA-PSS signatures.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-51/
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-43527
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 15.0 package:
df3b670e05e6eb7ef41cd052384fa382 mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6916d1ca5b54b3d9c97a3aed5ec74ae4 mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
3bbd3a3aee4243100999683edc318284 l/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5fd7805da8f6d0d486c66c4f00ab7a21 l/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

81.4%