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CentOS Update for nss-softokn CESA-2015:1699 centos6
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Check the version of nss-softokn
Insight
Insight
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. A flaw was found in the way NSS verified certain ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) signatures. Under certain conditions, an attacker could use this flaw to conduct signature forgery attacks. (CVE-2015-2730) Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Watson Ladd as the original reporter of this issue. All nss-softokn users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
nss-softokn on CentOS 6
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.