Debian DSA-2123-1 : nss - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 50452

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla's Network Security Services (NSS) library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2010-3170 NSS recognizes a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

- CVE-2010-3173 NSS does not properly set the minimum key length for Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral (DHE) mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a brute-force attack.

Solution

Upgrade the NSS packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.12.3.1-0lenny2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50452

File Name: debian_DSA-2123.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/3/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3170, CVE-2010-3173

BID: 42817

DSA: 2123

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