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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : NSS update (USN-2350-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77807

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2350-1 advisory.

 The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the NSS package to version 3.17 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2350-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77807

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2350-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-nssdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2014

Reference Information

USN: 2350-1