Security update for mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14418-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-11727 ( SUSE ): 5.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-11727 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2019-11745 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-11745 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-17006 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2019-17006 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-12399 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12399 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12402 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12402 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss fixes the following issues:

mozilla-nss was updated to version 3.53.1

  • CVE-2019-11745: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate
  • CVE-2020-12402: Fixed a potential side channel attack during RSA key generation (bsc#1173032).
  • CVE-2020-12399: Fixed a timing attack on DSA signature generation (bsc#1171978).
  • CVE-2019-17006: Added length checks for cryptographic primitives (bsc#1159819).
  • CVE-2019-11727: A vulnerability exists where it possible to force Network Security Services (NSS) to sign CertificateVerify with PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures when those are the only ones advertised by server in CertificateRequest in TLS 1.3. PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures should not be used for TLS 1.3 messages.
  • Fixed various FIPS issues in libfreebl3 which were causing segfaults in the test suite of chrony (bsc#1168669).
  • Fixed an issue where Firefox tab was crashing (bsc#1170908).

Release notes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.53_release_notes

mozilla-nspr was updated to version 4.25.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mozilla-nss-nspr-202007-14418=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mozilla-nss-nspr-202007-14418=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • mozilla-nss-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libfreebl3-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-certs-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libsoftokn3-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-tools-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-devel-3.53.1-38.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mozilla-nspr-devel-4.25-29.12.2
    • mozilla-nspr-4.25-29.12.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.25-29.12.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • libfreebl3-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libsoftokn3-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • mozilla-nss-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libfreebl3-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-certs-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libsoftokn3-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-tools-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-devel-3.53.1-38.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mozilla-nspr-devel-4.25-29.12.2
    • mozilla-nspr-4.25-29.12.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.25-29.12.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libfreebl3-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • libsoftokn3-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1
    • mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-3.53.1-38.23.1

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