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Fedora 31 : nss (2020-426fd04fd0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139778

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updates the nss package to upstream NSS 3.55.

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_3.55_release_notes

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Solution

Update the affected nss package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-426fd04fd0

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb882a0c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139778

File Name: fedora_2020-426fd04fd0.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2020

Updated: 11/6/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:31

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12400, CVE-2020-12401, CVE-2020-6829