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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] mozilla-nss (SSA:2014-086-04)
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  mozilla-nss (SSA:2014-086-04)

New mozilla-nss packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a security issue:
  The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the
  certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services
  (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an
  internationalized domain name's U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle
  attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1492
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 14.0 package:
242bb80f2ee439a7efe3d6f65cbfe284  mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
9a3431c219c1b5d167f5f5b08dc14e4f  mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
ecf19523a07ce5da094ec81f60104eb0  mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
73507c2d51dd0253f3d481b12301ac3a  mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
3e887a5c8ede8766cb9520018d4b8585  l/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
905c99253e181cfcdf89096a8326d8cf  l/mozilla-nss-3.16-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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