ALAS2-2018-1095


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1095
Advisory Release Date: 2018-10-24 16:35 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-10-25 23:04 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in the way NSS responded to an SSLv2-compatible ClientHello with a ServerHello that had an all-zero random. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw in a passive replay attack.(CVE-2018-12384)


Affected Packages:

nss


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update nss to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    nss-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686
    nss-tools-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686
    nss-sysinit-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686
    nss-devel-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686
    nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686
    nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.amzn2.i686

src:
    nss-3.36.0-7.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    nss-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64
    nss-tools-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64
    nss-sysinit-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64
    nss-devel-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64
    nss-pkcs11-devel-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64
    nss-debuginfo-3.36.0-7.amzn2.x86_64