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Fedora 29 : nss (2018-a78b2ef820)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 120683

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updates the nss package to upstream NSS 3.40.1.

This is a point release after 3.40, with a security fix for CVE-2018-12404.

For details about other new functionality and a list of bugs fixed in this release please see the upstream release notes

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.40
_release_notes

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Solution

Update the affected nss package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a78b2ef820

http://www.nessus.org/u?df399827

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 120683

File Name: fedora_2018-a78b2ef820.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12404

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12404