Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0071: nss and nspr (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236522

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2021:0071 advisory.

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

CVE-2020-25648:
A flaw was found in the way NSS handled CCS (ChangeCipherSpec) messages in TLS 1.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send multiple CCS messages, causing a denial of service for servers compiled with the NSS library. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects NSS versions before 3.58.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236522

File Name: alinux3_sa_2021-0071.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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nspr-devel, 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:nspr, 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:nspr-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:nspr-debugsource, 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: 9/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25648

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