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MiracleLinux 7 : nss-softokn-3.90.0-6.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2025-9721:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283372

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-9721:01 advisory.

 Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module Security fix(es):
 - CVE-2023-5388: fix timing attack against RSA decryption
 - Bug 1784253: avoid processing unexpected inputs by checking for m_exptmod base sign
 - Bug 1911912: avoid misuse of ctype(3) functions CVE(s):
 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/20905

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283372

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-9721.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/13/2026

Updated: 1/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5388