Fedora 28 : nss (2019-c602845b91)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122565

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updates the nss package to upstream NSS 3.42.1.

For details about 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_3.42 .1_release_notes

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected nss package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122565

File Name: fedora_2019-c602845b91.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18508

FEDORA: 2019-c602845b91

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