SUSE Security Update: Security update for mozilla-nss
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1220-1
Rating:             important
References:         #897890 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-1568
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It
   includes one version update.

Description:


   Mozilla NSS was updated to version 3.16.5 to fix a RSA certificate forgery
   issue.

   MFSA 2014-73 / CVE-2014-1568: Antoine Delignat-Lavaud, security researcher
   at Inria Paris in team Prosecco, reported an issue in Network Security
   Services (NSS) libraries affecting all versions. He discovered that NSS is
   vulnerable to a variant of a signature forgery attack previously published
   by Daniel Bleichenbacher. This is due to lenient parsing of ASN.1 values
   involved in a signature and could lead to the forging of RSA certificates.

   The Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security also independently
   discovered and reported this issue.

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-1568
         


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libfreebl3-9777

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libfreebl3-9777

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libfreebl3-9777

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libfreebl3-9777

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      mozilla-nss-devel-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-x86-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-x86-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-x86-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.5-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.5]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.5-0.7.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1568.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/897890
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2014:1220-1: important: mozilla-nss

September 27, 2014
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

Mozilla NSS was updated to version 3.16.5 to fix a RSA certificate forgery issue. MFSA 2014-73 / CVE-2014-1568: Antoine Delignat-Lavaud, security researcher at Inria Paris in team Prosecco, reported an issue in Network Security Services (NSS) libraries affecting all versions. He discovered that NSS is vulnerable to a variant of a signature forgery attack previously published by Daniel Bleichenbacher. This is due to lenient parsing of ASN.1 values involved in a signature and could lead to the forging of RSA certificates. The Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security also independently discovered and reported this issue. Security Issues: * CVE-2014-1568 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libfreebl3-9777 - SUSE ...

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References

#897890

Cross- CVE-2014-1568

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1568.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/897890

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1220-1
Rating: important

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