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Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2013-265)
high Nessus Plugin ID 71577
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
A flaw was found in the way NSS handled invalid handshake packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL client using NSS to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-5605)It was found that the fix for CVE-2013-1620 introduced a regression causing NSS to read uninitialized data when a decryption failure occurred. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL server using NSS to crash. (CVE-2013-1739)
An integer overflow flaw was discovered in both NSS and NSPR's implementation of certification parsing on 64-bit systems. A remote attacker could use these flaws to cause an application using NSS or NSPR to crash. (CVE-2013-1741 , CVE-2013-5607)
It was discovered that NSS did not reject certificates with incompatible key usage constraints when validating them while the verifyLog feature was enabled. An application using the NSS certificate validation API could accept an invalid certificate.
(CVE-2013-5606)
Solution
Run 'yum update nss' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 71577
File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-265.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 12/23/2013
Updated: 4/18/2018
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1620, CVE-2013-1739, CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5606, CVE-2013-5607