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Oracle Linux 7 : nss, / nss-util, / nss-softokn (ELSA-2014-1073)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77242

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1073 advisory.

 nss [3.16.2-2.0.1.el7_0]
 - Added nss-vendor.patch to change vendor

 [3.16.2-2]
 - Restore missing options descriptions fix for certutil manpage
 - Document certutil options --dump-ext-val, --extGeneric, and --extSAN
 - Related: Bug 1124659 - Rebase RHEL 7 to at least NSS 3.16.1

 [3.16.2-1]
 - Rebase to nss-3.16.2
 - Resolves: Bug 1124659 - Rebase RHEL 7 to at least NSS 3.16.1 (FF 31)
 - Fix test failure detection in the %check section
 - Move removal of unwanted source directories to the end of the %prep section
 - Update various patches on account of the rebase
 - Remove unused patches rendered obsolete by the rebase
 - Fix libssl and test patches that disable ssl2 support
 - Replace expired PayPal test certificate that breaks the build

 nss-softokn [3.16.2-1]
 - Update to nss-3.16.2
 - Resolves: Bug 1124659 - Rebase RHEL 7.1 to at least NSS-SOFTOKN 3.16.1 (FF 31)

 nss-util [3.16.2-1]
 - Update to nss-3.16.2
 - Resolves: Bug 1124659 - Rebase RHEL-7.0 to at least NSS 3.16.1 (FF 31)

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-2014-1073.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77242

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1073.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-devel, 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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1492

BID: 66356

RHSA: 2014:1073