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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : nss / and / nss-util (ELSA-2017-1100)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 99562

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1100 advisory.

 nss [3.28.4-1.0.1]
 - Added nss-vendor.patch to change vendor
 - Temporarily disable some tests until expired PayPalEE.cert is renewed

 [3.28.4-1]
 - Rebase to 3.28.4

 nss-util [3.28.4-1]
 - Rebase to NSS 3.28.4 to accommodate base64 encoding fix

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2017-1100.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 99562

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1100.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2017

Updated: 11/1/2024

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-2017-5461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util-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: 4/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5461

RHSA: 2017:1100