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MiracleLinux 4 : nss-3.28.4-4.AXS4 (AXSA:2017-2306:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289514

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2306:02 advisory.

 * A use-after-free flaw was found in the TLS 1.2 implementation in the NSS library when client authentication was used. A malicious client could use this flaw to cause an application compiled against NSS to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application. (CVE-2017-7805) Asianux would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.
 Upstream acknowledges Martin Thomson as the original reporter.
 CVE-2017-7805
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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/8746

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289514

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-2306.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2017-7805

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:miracle:linux:nss, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-sysinit, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, 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: 10/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7805