Fedora 20 : nss-3.17.3-2.fc20 / nss-softokn-3.17.3-1.fc20 / nss-util-3.17.3-1.fc20 (2014-16530)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80402

Synopsis

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

Description

Update the nss, nss-softokn, and nss-util packages to nss-3.17.3

For more details on the bugs fixed with this release, please see the upstream release notes at

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.17 .3_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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155306

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171012

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174493

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987189

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994599

http://www.nessus.org/u?6d78ddde

http://www.nessus.org/u?aea5521e

http://www.nessus.org/u?152f136f

http://www.nessus.org/u?994398df

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80402

File Name: fedora_2014-16530.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2015

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: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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1569

BID: 71675

FEDORA: 2014-16530