Debian dla-3937 : libnss3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 209846

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3937 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3937-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Arturo Borrero Gonzalez October 27, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : nss Version : 2:3.61-1+deb11u4 CVE ID : CVE-2024-0743 CVE-2024-6602 CVE-2024-6609

nss - Network Security Service libraries

This is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. It can support SSLv2 and v4, TLS, PKCS #5, #7, #11, #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates and other security standards.

Among other utilities, this package includes:
* certutil: manages certificate and key databases (cert7.db and key3.db)
* modutil: manages the database of PKCS11 modules (secmod.db)
* pk12util: imports/exports keys and certificates between the cert/key databases and files in PKCS12 format.
* shlibsign: creates .chk files for use in FIPS mode.
* signtool: creates digitally-signed jar archives containing files and/or code.
* ssltap: proxy requests for an SSL server and display the contents of the messages exchanged between the client and server.

CVE-2024-0743

An unchecked return value in TLS handshake code could have caused a potentially exploitable crash.

CVE-2024-6602

A mismatch between allocator and deallocator could have lead to memory corruption.

CVE-2024-6609

When almost out-of-memory an elliptic curve key which was never allocated could have been freed again.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2:3.61-1+deb11u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

For the detailed security status of nss please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nss

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libnss3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209846

File Name: debian_DLA-3937.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2024

Updated: 10/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2024-6609

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:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0743, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6609

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