Medium: nss

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-12384

Mitre: CVE-2018-12384