CVE-2021-43527

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Applications using NSS for handling signatures encoded within CMS, S/MIME, PKCS \\#7, or PKCS \\#12 are likely to be impacted. Applications using NSS for certificate validation or other TLS, X.509, OCSP or CRL functionality may be impacted, depending on how they configure NSS. *Note: This vulnerability does NOT impact Mozilla Firefox.* However, email clients and PDF viewers that use NSS for signature verification, such as Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution and Evince are believed to be impacted. This vulnerability affects NSS < 3.73 and NSS < 3.68.1."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "NSS (Network Security Services) versiones anteriores a 3.73 o 3.68.1, ESR son vulnerables a un desbordamiento de pila cuando manejan firmas DSA o RSA-PSS codificadas con DER. Es probable que las aplicaciones que usan NSS para manejar firmas codificadas en CMS, S/MIME, PKCS \\#7 o PKCS \\#12 est\u00e9n afectadas. Las aplicaciones que usan NSS para la comprobaci\u00f3n de certificados u otras funcionalidades de TLS, X.509, OCSP o CRL pueden verse afectadas, dependiendo de c\u00f3mo configuren NSS. *Nota: Esta vulnerabilidad NO afecta a Mozilla Firefox. Sin embargo, se cree que los clientes de correo electr\u00f3nico y los visores de PDF que usan NSS para la verificaci\u00f3n de firmas, como Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution y Evince, pueden verse afectados. 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