Oracle Linux 5 : nss / and / nspr (ELSA-2013-1135)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69221

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1135 advisory.

nspr [4.9.2-4]
- Resolves: rhbz#924741 - Rebase to nspr-4.9.5

nss [3.14.3-6]
- Resolves: rhbz#986969 - nssutil_ReadSecmodDB() leaks memory

[3.14.3-5]
- Define -DNO_FORK_CHECK when compiling softoken for ABI compatibility
- Remove the unused and obsolete nss-nochktest.patch
- Resolves: rhbz#949845 - [RFE][RHEL5] Rebase to nss-3.14.3 to fix the lucky-13 issue

[3.14.3-4]
- Fix rpmdiff test reported failures and remove other unwanted changes
- Resolves: rhbz#949845 - [RFE][RHEL5] Rebase to nss-3.14.3 to fix the lucky-13 issue

[3.14.3-3]
- Update to NSS_3_14_3_RTM
- Rework the rebase to preserve needed idiosynchracies
- Ensure we install frebl/softoken from the extra build tree
- Don't include freebl static library or its private headers
- Add patch to deal with system sqlite not being recent enough
- Don't install nss-sysinit nor sharedb
- Resolves: rhbz#949845 - [RFE][RHEL5] Rebase to nss-3.14.3 to fix the lucky-13 issue

[3.14.3-2]
- Restore the freebl-softoken source tar ball updated to 3.14.3
- Renumbering of some sources for clarity
- Resolves: rhbz#918870 - [RFE][RHEL5] Rebase to nss-3.14.3 to fix the lucky-13 issue

[3.14.3-1]
- Update to NSS_3_14_3_RTM
- Resolves: rhbz#918870 - [RFE][RHEL5] Rebase to nss-3.14.3 to fix the lucky-13 issue

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1135.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69221

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1135.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1620

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: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nss-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: 8/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0791, CVE-2013-1620

BID: 57777, 58826

RHSA: 2013:1135