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Unscored CVE-2021-43527 EUVD-2021-30456GHSA-7hfm-39v6-v3p5

NSS (Network Security Services) versions prior to 3.73 or 3.68.1 ESR are vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA…

Published Dec 8, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

NSS (Network Security Services) versions prior to 3.73 or 3.68.1 ESR are vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures. Applications using NSS for handling signatures encoded within CMS, S/MIME, PKCS \#7, or PKCS \#12 are likely to be impacted. Applications using NSS for certificate validation or other TLS, X.509, OCSP or CRL functionality may be impacted, depending on how they configure NSS. *Note: This vulnerability does NOT impact Mozilla Firefox.* However, email clients and PDF viewers that use NSS for signature verification, such as Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution and Evince are believed to be impacted. This vulnerability affects NSS < 3.73 and NSS < 3.68.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla NSS unspecified – < 3.73, unspecified – < 3.68.1 3.73

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nss 2:3.73-1 —
Debian 13 nss 2:3.73-1 —
Debian 12 nss 2:3.73-1 —
Debian 11 nss 2:3.61-1+deb11u1 DSA-5016-1
Debian 10 nss 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u4 DSA-5016-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 9 nss 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u3 DLA-2836-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nss 2:3.68-1ubuntu2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.4.0+build1.1-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nss 2:3.49.1-1ubuntu1.6 USN-5168-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:78.14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 USN-5168-2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS nss 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.13 USN-5168-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:78.14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 USN-5168-2
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nss 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm2 USN-5168-4, USN-5168-3
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS nss 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5+esm10 USN-5168-4, USN-5168-3
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 nss +9 3.67.0-7.el8_5 RHSA-2021:4903
RHEL 7 nss +4 3.67.0-4.el7_9 RHSA-2021:4904
RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host +1 4.3.20-20211202.1.el7_9 RHSA-2021:5035
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhev Hypervisor 4 redhat-virtualization-host +1 4.4.9-202112061811_8.5 RHSA-2021:5006
RHEL 8.4 EUS nss +9 3.67.0-7.el8_4 RHSA-2021:4909
RHEL 8.2 EUS nss +9 3.53.1-12.el8_2 RHSA-2021:4919
RHEL 8.2 EUS thunderbird 91.3.0-3.el8_2 RHSA-2021:4954
RHEL 8.1 EUS nss +9 3.44.0-10.el8_1 RHSA-2021:4953
RHEL 8.1 E4S thunderbird 91.3.0-3.el8_1 RHSA-2021:4969
RHEL 7.7 TUS nss +4 3.44.0-8.el7_7 RHSA-2021:4946
RHEL 7.7 E4S nss +4 3.44.0-8.el7_7 RHSA-2021:4946
RHEL 7.7 AUS nss +4 3.44.0-8.el7_7 RHSA-2021:4946
RHEL 7.6 TUS nss +4 3.36.0-10.2.el7_6 RHSA-2021:4933
RHEL 7.6 E4S nss +4 3.36.0-10.2.el7_6 RHSA-2021:4933
RHEL 7.6 AUS nss +4 3.36.0-10.2.el7_6 RHSA-2021:4933
RHEL 7.4 AUS nss +4 3.28.4-18.el7_4 RHSA-2021:4932
RHEL 7.3 AUS nss +4 3.28.4-2.el7_3 RHSA-2021:4994
RHEL 6 ELS nss +4 3.44.0-12.el6_10 RHSA-2021:4907

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 nss +9 3.67.0-7.el8_5 ALSA-2021:4903

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 nss 3.67.0-7.el8_5 RLSA-2021:4903
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2.150400.24.58.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.122.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1.150200.9.99.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2183-1
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SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2.150400.24.58.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.82.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1
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SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2.150400.24.58.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.82.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1
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SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.172.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1
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SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
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SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2.150400.24.58.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.122.2.150400.24.58.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 nss 3.73-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 nss 3.73-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 nss 3.72-r1 —
Alpine v3.14 nss 3.66-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 nss 3.66-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 nss 3.60-r2 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 nspr +1 4.35.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-031
Amazon Linux 2023 nss +10 3.83.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-031
Amazon Linux 2 nspr +1 4.32.0-1.amzn2 ALAS2-2021-1722
Amazon Linux 2 nss +4 3.67.0-4.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2021-1722
Amazon Linux 2 nss-softokn +3 3.67.0-3.amzn2 ALAS2-2021-1722
Amazon Linux 2 nss-util +1 3.67.0-1.amzn2 ALAS2-2021-1722

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) nss 3.75-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 nss +9 3.67.0-7.el8_5 ELSA-2021-4903
Oracle Linux 7 nss +4 3.67.0-4.el7_9 ELSA-2021-4904

Advisories 49

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