Mageia alert MGASA-2014-0024 (nss)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2014-0024: Updated nss packages fix security vulnerability 
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Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:24:05 +0100
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MGASA-2014-0024 - Updated nss packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 Jan 2014
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0024.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 3
CVE: CVE-2013-1740

Description:
Updated nss packages fix security vulnerability:

The ssl_Do1stHandshake function in sslsecur.c in libssl in Mozilla
Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, when the TLS False
Start feature is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof
SSL servers by using an arbitrary X.509 certificate during certain
handshake traffic (CVE-2013-1740).

References:
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.4_r...
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12342
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1740

SRPMS:
- 3/core/nss-3.15.4-1.mga3