CVE-2017-5461 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-5461: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-5461 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
nss→ fixed in2:3.26.2-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
nss→ fixed in2:3.26.2-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
nss→ fixed in2:3.26.2-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nss
```

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