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CentOS 9 : nss-3.90.0-4.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193922

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for nspr.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the nss-3.90.0-4.el9 build changelog.

 - NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9. (CVE-2023-5388)

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 CentOS 9 Stream nspr package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=41778

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193922

File Name: centos9_nss-3_90_0-4_41778.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, 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-pkcs11-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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5388