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CentOS 5 / 6 : nss (CESA-2013:1861)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 71539
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated nss packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact.
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.
It was found that a subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued an intermediate certificate, which could be used to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders that particular intermediate certificate as untrusted. (BZ#1038894)
Note: This fix only applies to applications using the NSS Builtin Object Token. It does not render the certificates untrusted for applications that use the NSS library, but do not use the NSS Builtin Object Token.
All NSS users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, applications using NSS must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected nss packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 71539
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1861.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 12/20/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2013
Reference Information
RHSA: 2013:1861