Oracle Linux 5 : nspr / and / nss (ELSA-2009-1186)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180617

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1186 advisory.

nspr:
[4.7.4-1.el5_3.1]
- create z-stream version

[4.7.4-1]
- Update to NSPR 4.7.4

nss:
[3.12.3.99.3-1.0.1.el5_3.2]
- Update clean.gif in the nss-3.12.3.99.3-stripped.tar.bz2 tarball

[3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2]
- adjust ssl cipher count constant (bug 505650)

[3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.1]
- create z-stream version

[3.12.3.99.3-1]
- updated to NSS_3_12_4_FIPS1_WITH_CKBI_1_75

[3.12.3-5]
- updated patch to seckey

[3.12.3-4]
- add a patch to seckey

[3.12.3-3]
- remove references to SEED

[3.12.3-2]
- update to NSS 3.12.3

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2009-1186.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180617

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1186.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2404

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2408

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2404, CVE-2009-2408, CVE-2009-2409