Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0216: nss (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0216)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236340

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0216 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-5388:
NSS was susceptible to a timing side-channel attack when performing RSA decryption. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

CVE-2023-6135:
Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as Minerva. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236340

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0216.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-sysinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-util-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nss-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5388, CVE-2023-6135

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