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RHEL 7 : nss, nss-softokn, nss-util, and nspr (RHSA-2019:2237)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 127699
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2237 advisory.Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.
Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nss (3.44.0), nss-softokn (3.44.0), nss-util (3.44.0), nspr (4.21.0). (BZ#1645231, BZ#1692269, BZ#1692271, BZ#1692274)
Security Fix(es):
* ROHNP: Key Extraction Side Channel in Multiple Crypto Libraries (CVE-2018-0495)
* nss: Cache side-channel variant of the Bleichenbacher attack (CVE-2018-12404)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9cb0dac9
http://www.nessus.org/u?cc7115e8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2237
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144186
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212132
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431241
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444136
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455288
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1508571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1508595
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509045
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509396
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510156
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514041
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1533729
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1538081
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591163
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639873
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1657164
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1657913
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 127699
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2237.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/12/2019
Updated: 11/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
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: 5.3
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-util, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2018