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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-946-1 nss -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

19 May 2017

Affected Packages:

nss

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 862958.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5462.

More information:

The NSS library is vulnerable to two security issues:

• CVE-2017-5461

  Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding. This can trigger a crash (denial of service) and might be exploitable for code execution.

• CVE-2017-5462

  A flaw in DRBG number generation where the internal state V does not correctly carry bits over.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.26-1+debu7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS