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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for nss (ALAS-2014-274)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for nss (ALAS-2014-274)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/14/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/14/2014
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

It was found that a subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued an intermediate certificate, which could be used to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders that particular intermediate certificate as untrusted.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss-pkcs11-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss-sysinit
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-nss-tools

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