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Oracle Linux 7 : nss, / nss-softokn, / nss-util (ELSA-2019-4190)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131973

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4190 advisory.

 nss [3.44.0-7]
 - Increase timeout on ssl_gtest so that slow platforms can complete when running on a busy system.

 [3.44.0-6]
 - back out out-of-bounds patch (patch for nss-softokn).
 - Fix segfault on empty or malformed ecdh keys (#1777712)

 [3.44.0-5]
 - Fix out-of-bounds write in NSC_EncryptUpdate (#1775910)

 nss-softokn [3.44.0-8.0.1]
 - Add fips140-2 DSA Known Answer Test fix [Orabug: 26679337]
 - Add fips140-2 ECDSA/RSA/DSA Pairwise Consistency Test fix [Orabug: 26617814], [Orabug: 26617879], [Orabug: 26617849]

 [3.44.0-8]
 - Fix segfault on empty or malformed ecdh keys (#1777712)

 [3.44.0-7]
 - Fix out-of-bounds write in NSC_EncryptUpdate (#1775911,#1775910)

 [3.44.0-6]
 - Fix fipstest to use the standard mechanism for TLS 1.2 PRF

 nss-util [3.44.0-4]
 - Fix segfault on empty or malformed ecdh keys (#1777712)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4190.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131973

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-4190.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11729, CVE-2019-11745

RHSA: 2019:4190