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CentOS 6 : nss-softokn (CESA-2019:4152)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131959

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for nss-softokn is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module.

Security Fix(es) :

* nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate (CVE-2019-11745)

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.

Solution

Update the affected nss-softokn packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cabf04bc

http://www.nessus.org/u?9b275486

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131959

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-4152.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2019

Updated: 1/15/2020

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11745

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11745

RHSA: 2019:4152