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

high Nessus Plugin ID 94930

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: 5.9

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

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