Scientific Linux Security Update : nspr and nss for SL 5.x on i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-2408 firefox/nss: doesn't handle NULL in Common Name properly CVE-2009-2404 nss regexp heap overflow The packages with this update are identical to the packages released on the 20th of July 2009. They are being reissued as a...

deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation (Kaminsky)

The Network Security Services NSS library before 3.12.3, as used in Firefox; GnuTLS before 2.6.4 and 2.7.4; OpenSSL 0.9.8 through 0.9.8k; and other products support MD2 with X.509 certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof certificates by using MD2 design flaws to generate a hash...