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GLSA-202007-49 : Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138972

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-49 (Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Information disclosure)

 NSS was found to not always perform constant-time operations when working with DSA key material.
 Impact :

 An attacker may be able to obtain information about a DSA private key.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/nss-3.52.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138972

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-49.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 9/24/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nss, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12399

GLSA: 202007-49