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MiracleLinux 7 : nss-3.21.3-2.el7, nss-util-3.21.3-1.1.el7 (AXSA:2016-941:01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 289247
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2016-941:01 advisory.nss Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards.
nss-util Utilities for Network Security Services and the Softoken module Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2016-2834 Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.23, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
CVE-2016-5285
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CVE-2016-8635
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The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: nss (3.12.3), nss-util (3.12.3).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 289247
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-941.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2834
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-sysinit, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-tools
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2016