Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss (MDVSA-2014:012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72056

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in Mozilla NSS :

The ssl_Do1stHandshake function in sslsecur.c in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, when the TLS False Start feature is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by using an arbitrary X.509 certificate during certain handshake traffic (CVE-2013-1740).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the 3.15.4 version which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72056

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-012.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nss-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nss3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nss, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nss-doc, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1740

BID: 64944

MDVSA: 2014:012

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