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CentOS 8 : nss (CESA-2021:4903)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 155839
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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-2021:4903 advisory.- nss: Memory corruption in decodeECorDsaSignature with DSA signatures (and RSA-PSS) (CVE-2021-43527)
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: Critical
ID: 155839
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4903.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 12/3/2021
Updated: 11/22/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43527
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/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/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-43527
RHSA: 2021:4903