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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4946 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-12-06
Updated:
2021-12-06

RHSA-2021:4946 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Critical: nss security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.

Security Fix(es):

  • nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and RSA-PSS) (CVE-2021-43527)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing this update, applications using NSS (for example, Firefox) must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2024370 - CVE-2021-43527 nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and RSA-PSS)

CVEs

  • CVE-2021-43527

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2021-008
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1cead423430a4b5ce4d2e0c0fc3126287b507acf9f077648a7603b1b443ff030
x86_64
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 69d993fd52c316115d1a48826f33cac7a301e64546dc6fb59b3b0ec4fcf56e9e
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f9de7f80c11393e3affaccd8b457663a84216ddf8e94672f89918d4df73e9d87
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1137bb894538b79e938983ceb4e84153e3fa149109cae86dddefd882a6e38f3b
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 95d071d52e80f4ae831b183823422ac54d65cdb823af3871740ee58535554880
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7df246c540ce6878be5b659f8a4e8903b7b4f54103e7f1f4e18e1bbea3b2019b
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03a46420ca707e386023fb305d7331822e05875f134f80306cfd27154ad93bce
nss-sysinit-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 10ce496dbe6617cfb0af3c708124cebe6875f41ce46f5e694421f6d7b4450f84
nss-tools-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caed974b37b13cb57949d67da9f4d6aaac932ea23e76f5fcef7e90b0d7131c80

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1cead423430a4b5ce4d2e0c0fc3126287b507acf9f077648a7603b1b443ff030
x86_64
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 69d993fd52c316115d1a48826f33cac7a301e64546dc6fb59b3b0ec4fcf56e9e
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f9de7f80c11393e3affaccd8b457663a84216ddf8e94672f89918d4df73e9d87
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1137bb894538b79e938983ceb4e84153e3fa149109cae86dddefd882a6e38f3b
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 95d071d52e80f4ae831b183823422ac54d65cdb823af3871740ee58535554880
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7df246c540ce6878be5b659f8a4e8903b7b4f54103e7f1f4e18e1bbea3b2019b
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03a46420ca707e386023fb305d7331822e05875f134f80306cfd27154ad93bce
nss-sysinit-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 10ce496dbe6617cfb0af3c708124cebe6875f41ce46f5e694421f6d7b4450f84
nss-tools-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caed974b37b13cb57949d67da9f4d6aaac932ea23e76f5fcef7e90b0d7131c80

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1cead423430a4b5ce4d2e0c0fc3126287b507acf9f077648a7603b1b443ff030
ppc64le
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8dd10f6f4800aafc90548266c9ce0371ca1bf9ccfd9c74bde69a9ead875ef11f
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a2f9261480c2d8e8826d83b52712160aec0e4f11f14fc46d86aa25ac1c6a8707
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a2f9261480c2d8e8826d83b52712160aec0e4f11f14fc46d86aa25ac1c6a8707
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6ff4f3ef21f6ad9075e88db912218d011dfa6cf5809f997a47376ee9bdabe77d
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 629589f61f99a87259b08e13ab0ca0ac682e88751530c05b07d0298d85ac60b0
nss-sysinit-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b9983f810629b5bca9e1e8750b35d2d39dd3c0255868c36292feb0e051a42382
nss-tools-3.44.0-8.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: bc163d86e45dfc75c4d12b4f7fbaa6999a7d6575621f33189e35413cfdd28d51

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1cead423430a4b5ce4d2e0c0fc3126287b507acf9f077648a7603b1b443ff030
x86_64
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 69d993fd52c316115d1a48826f33cac7a301e64546dc6fb59b3b0ec4fcf56e9e
nss-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f9de7f80c11393e3affaccd8b457663a84216ddf8e94672f89918d4df73e9d87
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 040837c13ce761e8f934a9ca6475b88eeb861e2225668ceea708ded1af801426
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34a748c85905793623d6360ce6b33483c660e9af44c289491b466647fdb913c8
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1137bb894538b79e938983ceb4e84153e3fa149109cae86dddefd882a6e38f3b
nss-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 95d071d52e80f4ae831b183823422ac54d65cdb823af3871740ee58535554880
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7df246c540ce6878be5b659f8a4e8903b7b4f54103e7f1f4e18e1bbea3b2019b
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 03a46420ca707e386023fb305d7331822e05875f134f80306cfd27154ad93bce
nss-sysinit-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 10ce496dbe6617cfb0af3c708124cebe6875f41ce46f5e694421f6d7b4450f84
nss-tools-3.44.0-8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caed974b37b13cb57949d67da9f4d6aaac932ea23e76f5fcef7e90b0d7131c80

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