RHSA-2021:1026 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: nss-softokn security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · March 30, 2021

Updated · June 27, 2026

Topic

An update for nss-softokn is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module.

Security Fix(es):

  • nss: Use-after-free in sftk_FreeSession due to improper refcounting (CVE-2019-11756)

  • nss: Check length of inputs for cryptographic primitives (CVE-2019-17006)

  • nss: CHACHA20-POLY1305 decryption with undersized tag leads to out-of-bounds read (CVE-2020-12403)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2021:1026 — Red Hat Security Advisory: nss-softokn security update | PulseLinux