Oracle Linux 6 : nss (ELSA-2023-12238)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173972

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12238 advisory.

- Back port nss security update CVE-2023-0767 [Orabug: 35205543]
- Fix CVE-2021-43527 [Orabug: 33627334]
- Backport upstream fix for CVE-2018-12384
- Resolves: Bug 1145432 - CVE-2014-1568
- Resolves: Bug 1032472 - CVE-2013-5605 CVE-2013-5606 CVE-2013-1741
- Resolves: Bug 1032472 - CVE-2013-5605 CVE-2013-5606 CVE-2013-1741
- Resolves: Bug 784490 - CVE-2011-3389
- Resolves: Bug 784490 - CVE-2011-3389 HTTPS: block-wise chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS (BEAST)
- CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation

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-2023-12238.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173972

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12238.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0767

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:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0767