Scientific Linux alert SLSA-2014:0916-1 (nss and nspr)

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Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov> 
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<scientific-linux-errata@listserv.fnal.gov> 
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Security ERRATA Critical: nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:37:04 +0000
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<20140722233704.30431.7487@slpackages.fnal.gov>
Synopsis:          Critical: nss and nspr security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:0916-1
Issue Date:        2014-07-22
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2014-1544
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A race condition was found in the way NSS verified certain certificates. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
that application. (CVE-2014-1544)

After installing this update, applications using NSS or NSPR must be
restarted for this update to take effect.
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SL5
  x86_64
    nspr-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nspr-4.10.6-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nspr-debuginfo-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nspr-debuginfo-4.10.6-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nss-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-3.15.3-7.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nss-debuginfo-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-debuginfo-3.15.3-7.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nss-tools-3.15.3-7.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nspr-devel-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nspr-devel-4.10.6-1.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nss-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
    nss-pkcs11-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-pkcs11-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    nspr-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nspr-debuginfo-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-debuginfo-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-tools-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nspr-devel-4.10.6-1.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm
    nss-pkcs11-devel-3.15.3-7.el5_10.i386.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team