Debian DSA-2203-1 : nss - ssl certificate blacklist update

high Nessus Plugin ID 52997

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

This update for the Network Security Service libraries marks several fraudulent HTTPS certificates as unstrusted.

Solution

Upgrade the nss packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.12.3.1-0lenny4.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.12.8-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/nss

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2203

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52997

File Name: debian_DSA-2203.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2011

Reference Information

DSA: 2203