DSA-5062-1 nss -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5062-1 nss -- security update

Date Reported:

25 Jan 2022

Affected Packages:

nss

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-22747.

More information:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that incorrect parsing of pkcs7 sequences in nss, the Mozilla Network Security Service library, may result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u5.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.61-1+deb11u2.

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