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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-46">
  <title>Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NSS, the worst of which
    could allow remote attackers to obtain access to private key information.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mozilla, nss</product>
  <announced>2017-01-19</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-19</revised>
  <bug>550288</bug>
  <bug>571086</bug>
  <bug>604916</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/nss" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.28</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.28</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) 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.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NSS. Please review the
      CVE identifiers and technical papers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers could conduct man-in-the-middle attacks, obtain access
      to private key information, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/nss-3.28"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2721">CVE-2015-2721</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4000">CVE-2015-4000</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7575">CVE-2015-7575</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1938">CVE-2016-1938</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5285">CVE-2016-5285</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8635">CVE-2016-8635</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9074">CVE-2016-9074</uri>
    <uri link="https://www.mitls.org/pages/attacks/SLOTH">SLOTH Attack Technical
      Paper
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-19T08:24:32Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-19T19:17:52Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>