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Fedora 12 : nss-util-3.12.5-1.fc12.1 (2009-12968)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43092

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 3.12.5 This update fixes the following security flaw:
CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected nss-util package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533125

http://www.nessus.org/u?33249dce

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43092

File Name: fedora_2009-12968.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss-util, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3555

BID: 36935

CWE: 310

FEDORA: 2009-12968