Security Information / 2023 / Security Information -- DSA-5353-1 nss

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5353-1 nss -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Feb 2023

Affected Packages:

nss

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-0767.

More information:

Christian Holler discovered that incorrect handling of PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes in nss, the Mozilla Network Security Service library, may result in execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted PKCS 12 certificate bundle is processed.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.61-1+deb11u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

For the detailed security status of nss please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nss