Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202212-05

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

dev-libs/nss on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.79.2
Unaffected versions >= 3.79.2

Background

The Mozilla Network Security Service is a library implementing security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.79.2"
 

References

Release date
December 19, 2022

Latest revision
December 19, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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