Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20731
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:11
Title:RHSA-2013:0214: nss and nspr security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)
Description:Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to supportthe cross-platform development of security-enabled client and serverapplications. Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platformindependence for non-GUI operating system facilities.It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued two intermediatecertificates to customers. These certificates could be used to launchman-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders those certificates asuntrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL, S/MIME,and code signing. (BZ#890605)In addition, the nss package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.13.6,and the nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.9.2. Theseupdates provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previousversions. (BZ#893371, BZ#893372)All NSS and NSPR users should upgrade to these updated packages, whichcorrect these issues and add these enhancements. After installing theupdate, applications using NSS and NSPR must be restarted for the changesto take effect.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CESA-2013:0214
RHSA-2013:0214-00
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):nspr
nss
nss-util
Definition Synopsis
  • Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • AND Packages section
  • nspr-devel is earlier than 0:4.9.2-2.el5_9
  • OR nspr is earlier than 0:4.9.2-2.el5_9
  • OR nss is earlier than 0:3.13.6-3.el5_9
  • OR nss-devel is earlier than 0:3.13.6-3.el5_9
  • OR nss-pkcs11-devel is earlier than 0:3.13.6-3.el5_9
  • OR nss-tools is earlier than 0:3.13.6-3.el5_9
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