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High ALSA-2023:1368 1 CVE

Important: nss security and bug fix update

Published Mar 21, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.

Security Fix(es):

* nss: Arbitrary memory write via PKCS 12 (CVE-2023-0767)

Bug Fix(es):

* In FIPS mode, nss should reject RSASSA-PSS salt lengths larger than the output size of the hash function used, or provide an indicator. (BZ#2177434)
* Need to update FIPS review comments into NSS AlmaLinux-9. (BZ#2177875)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 nspr 4.34.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nspr-devel 4.34.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-devel 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-softokn 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-softokn-devel 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-softokn-freebl 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-softokn-freebl-devel 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-sysinit 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-tools 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-util 3.79.0-17.el9_1
AlmaLinux · 9 nss-util-devel 3.79.0-17.el9_1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0767
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2170377
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-1368.html