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Debian DSA-2599-1 : nss - mis-issued intermediates

high Nessus Plugin ID 63384

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Google, Inc. discovered that the TurkTrust certification authority included in the Network Security Service libraries (nss) mis-issued two intermediate CAs which could be used to generate rogue end-entity certificates. This update explicitly distrusts those two intermediate CAs. The two existing TurkTrust root CAs remain active.

Solution

Upgrade the nss packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.12.8-1+squeeze6.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/nss

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2599

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63384

File Name: debian_DSA-2599.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2013

Reference Information

DSA: 2599