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CentOS 8 : nss (CESA-2019:4114)
high Nessus Plugin ID 145655
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2019:4114 advisory.- nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate (CVE-2019-11745)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 145655
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-4114.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/29/2021
Updated: 3/23/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-11745
RHSA: 2019:4114