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TITLE:
Fedora update for nss

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33826

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33826/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for nss. This fixes a security issue,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
spoofing attacks.

The security issue is caused due to an error in the MD5 cryptographic
hash function and can be exploited to facilitate spoofing via
collision attacks.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update nss").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-1276:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00096.html

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