Fedora 21 : nss-3.19.1-1.0.fc21 / nss-softokn-3.19.1-1.0.fc21 / nss-util-3.19.1-1.0.fc21 (2015-9130) (Logjam)

low Nessus Plugin ID 83937

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Synopsis

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

Description

Security fix for CVE-2015-4000

Update to the upstream NSS 3.19.1 release, which includes a fix for the recently published logjam attack.

The previous 3.19 release made several notable changes related to the TLS protocol, one of them was to disable the SSL 3 protocol by default.

For the full list of changes in the 3.19 and 3.19.1 releases, please refer to the upstream release notes documents :

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19 .1_release_notes

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.19
_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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 83937

File Name: fedora_2015-9130.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2015

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4000

FEDORA: 2015-9130

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