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Oracle Linux 5 / 7 : nss / and / nspr (ELSA-2014-0916)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76742

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0916 advisory.

 nspr [4.10.2-4]
 - Rebase to nspr-4.10.6
 - Resolves: Bug 1116199

 [4.10.2-3]
 - Retagging
 - Resolves: rhbz#1032466

 nss [3.15.3-7]
 - Remove an unused patch
 - Related: Bug 1116199

 [3.15.3-6]
 - Fix race-condition in certificate validation
 - Resolves: Bug 1116199

 [3.15.3-5]
 - Remove two unused patches
 - Resolves: Bug 1042683 - nss: Mis-issued ANSSI/DCSSI certificate (MFSA 2013-117)

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-2014-0916.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76742

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0916.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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-sysinit, 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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1544

BID: 68816

RHSA: 2014:0916