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Debian DLA-154-1 : nss security update (BEAST)
high Nessus Plugin ID 82137
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
nss 3.12.8-1+squeeze11 fixes two security issues :CVE-2011-3389
SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 connections were vulnerable to some chosen plaintext attacks which allowed man-in-the middle attackers to obtain plaintext HTTP headers on an HTTPS session. This issue is known as the 'BEAST' attack.
CVE-2014-1569
Possible information leak with too-permissive ASN.1 DER decoding of length.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/02/msg00008.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82137
File Name: debian_DLA-154.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 12/5/2022
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: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-1d-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-1d, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss3-tools
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2014-1569