Fedora 20 : nss-3.15.4-1.fc20 / nss-softokn-3.15.4-1.fc20 / nss-util-3.15.4-1.fc20 (2014-1120)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72050

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Synopsis

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

Description

Update of the nss, nss-softokn, and nss-util packages to nss-3.15.4, a patch release for NSS 3.15 which includes the following security-relevant bug :

(CVE-2013-1740) When false start is enabled, libssl will sometimes return unencrypted, unauthenticated data from PR_Recv

For further details refer to the nss upstream release notes at

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.4_release_notes

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72050

File Name: fedora_2014-1120.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss-util

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1740

FEDORA: 2014-1120

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