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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-06.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..22ff2d28f42c --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200610-06"> + <title>Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): RSA signature forgery</title> + <synopsis> + NSS fails to properly validate PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">nss</product> + <announced>2006-10-17</announced> + <revised count="01">2006-10-17</revised> + <bug>148283</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/nss" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.11.3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.11.3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered that it might be possible to forge + signatures signed by RSA keys with the exponent of 3. This affects a + number of RSA signature implementations, including Mozilla's NSS. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Since several Certificate Authorities (CAs) are using an exponent of 3 + it might be possible for an attacker to create a key with a false CA + signature. This impacts any software using the NSS library, like the + Mozilla products Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey. + </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 ">=dev-libs/nss-3.11.3"</code> + <p> + Note: As usual after updating a library, you should run + 'revdep-rebuild' (from the app-portage/gentoolkit package) to ensure + that all applications linked to it are properly rebuilt. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339">CVE-2006-4339</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4340">CVE-2006-4340</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-09-25T12:57:17Z"> + frilled + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-10-03T18:27:05Z"> + vorlon078 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-10-08T19:45:16Z"> + frilled + </metadata> +</glsa> |