ELA-146-1 nss security update

multiple vulnerabilities

2019-07-20
Packagenss
Version2:3.26-1+debu7u7
Related CVEs CVE-2019-11719 CVE-2019-11729


Vulnerabilities have been discovered in nss, the Mozilla Network Security Service library.

CVE-2019-11719: Out-of-bounds read when importing curve25519 private key

When importing a curve25519 private key in PKCS#8format with leading
0x00 bytes, it is possible to trigger an out-of-bounds read in the
Network Security Services (NSS) library. This could lead to
information disclosure.

CVE-2019-11729: Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault

Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation
fault due values being improperly sanitized before being copied into
memory and used.


For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.26-1+debu7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.