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Debian DSA-3872-1 : nss - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100580

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in NSS, a set of cryptographic libraries, which may result in denial of service or information disclosure.

Solution

Upgrade the nss packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.26-1+debu8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/nss

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100580

File Name: debian_DSA-3872.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5462, CVE-2017-7502

DSA: 3872