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Oracle Linux 6 : nss (ELSA-2010-0862)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68139

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0862 advisory.

 nss:

 [3.12.8-1.0.1.el6]
 - Update expired PayPalEE.cert to fix build failure
 - Use blank image instead of clean.gif in nss-3.12.8-stripped.tar.bz2

 [3.12.8-1]
 - Update to 3.12.8

 nss-softokn:

 [3.12.8-1]
 - Update to 3.12.8

 nss-util:

 [3.12.7-1]
 - Update to 3.12.7

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0862.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68139

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0862.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3170

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-softokn-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3170

BID: 42817

RHSA: 2010:0862