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Oracle Linux 8 : nss / and / nspr (ELSA-2021-3572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153531

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-3572 advisory.

 nspr [4.32.0-1]
 - Update to NSPR 4.32

 [4.31.0-1]
 - Update to NSPR 4.31

 [4.30.0-1]
 - Update to NSPR 4.30

 nss [3.67.0-6]
 - Fix ssl alert issue

 [3.67.0-5]
 - Fix issue with reading databases that were updated using unpatched versions of nss

 [3.67.0-4]
 - Better fix for the sdb timeout. The issue wasn't a race, it was the sqlite timeout waiting to begin a transaction under heavy thread usage.

 [3.67.0-3]
 - Fix sdb race condition

 [3.67.0-2]
 - Fix coverity issues

 [3.67.0-1]
 - Rebase to NSS 3.67

 [3.66.0-2]
 - Restore old pkcs12 defaults.

 [3.66.0-1.1]
 - build nss for older nspr so we can pass gating with the new nspr in the build root

 [3.66.0-1]
 - Rebase to NSS 3.66

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3572.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153531

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-3572.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2021

Updated: 11/2/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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: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:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr-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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

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