Fedora 21 : nss-3.17.3-2.fc21 (2014-17085)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80236

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated nss package fixes a conflict among the nss-tools pp man page an the similarly named one from perl-PAR_Packager.

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Solution

Update the affected nss package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80236

File Name: fedora_2014-17085.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/26/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nss, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1569

BID: 71675

FEDORA: 2014-17085

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