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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : nssnss-util (OVMSA-2016-0159)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94930

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

nss

 - Added nss-vendor.patch to change vendor

 - Mozilla #1314604 / Red Hat (CVE-2016-8635)

 - remove disable_hw_gcm.patch which hasn't been used since 3.16.1

 - Rebase to NSS 3.21.3

 - Resolves: #1383885

nss-util

 - Rebase to nss-3.21.3

 - Remove patch for CVE-2016-1950, which is included in the release

 - Related: Bug 1347908

 - Added upstream patch for (CVE-2016-1950)

 - Rebase to nss-util from nss 3.21

 - Resolves: Bug 1297890 - Rebase RHEL 6.8 to NSS-util 3.21 in preparation for Firefox 45

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c8cb9820

http://www.nessus.org/u?8e710cff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94930

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0159.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nss-util, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1950, CVE-2016-8635