Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: nspr / nspr-debuginfo / nspr-debugsource / nspr-devel / nss / etc (crlsa-2021_3572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359135

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2021_3572 advisory.

* nss: TLS 1.3 CCS flood remote DoS Attack (CVE-2020-25648)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2021_3572.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3572

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1887319

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967980

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976250

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976253

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976255

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976257

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976258

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1978443

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1996774

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2021:3572

http://www.nessus.org/u?8afa6b1b

http://www.nessus.org/u?ece00f02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359135

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_3572.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25648