Detections
Analytics

Oracle Linux 5 : nss / and / nspr (ELSA-2016-0684)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90745

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0684 advisory.

 nspr [4.11.0-0.1]
 - Rebase to NSPR 4.11
 - Resolves: Bug 1297943 - Rebase RHEL 5.11.z to NSPR 4.11 in preparation for Firefox 45

 nss [3.21.0-6]
 - Fix SSL_DH_MIN_P_BITS in more places.

 [3.21.0-5]
 - Keep SSL_DH_MIN_P_BITS at 768 as in the previously released build.

 [3.21.0-4]
 - Run SSL tests

 [3.21.0-3]
 - Add compatility patches to prevent regressions

 [3.21.0-2]
 - Ensure all ssl.sh tests are executed

 [3.21.0-1]
 - Rebase to nss 3.21
 - Resolves: Bug 1297944 - Rebase RHEL 5.11.z to NSS 3.21 in preparation for Firefox 45

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0684.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90745

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0684.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1979

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1978, CVE-2016-1979

RHSA: 2016:0684