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CentOS 8 : nss and nspr (CESA-2021:3572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153520

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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-2021:3572 advisory.

 - nss: TLS 1.3 CCS flood remote DoS Attack (CVE-2020-25648)

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3572

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153520

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-3572.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2021

Updated: 11/30/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nspr, 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:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-softokn-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25648

RHSA: 2021:3572