Fedora 12 : nss-3.12.8-2.fc12 / nss-softokn-3.12.8-1.fc12 / nss-util-3.12.8-1.fc12 (2010-15989)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 50477

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Update to 3.12.8

Improves handling of certificates with IP wildcards:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-70.html

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, nss-softokn and / or nss-util packages.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-70/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630047

http://www.nessus.org/u?24c6968b

http://www.nessus.org/u?67073723

http://www.nessus.org/u?72483437

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 50477

File Name: fedora_2010-15989.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss-softokn, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3170

BID: 42817

FEDORA: 2010-15989