Debian DSA-2790-1 : nss - uninitialized memory read

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70737

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Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in the way the Mozilla Network Security Service library (nss) read uninitialized data when there was a decryption failure. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (application crash) for applications linked with the nss library.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the nss packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.14.4-1.

The packages in the stable distribution were updated to the latest patch release 3.14.4 of the library to also include a regression bugfix for a flaw that affects the libpkix certificate verification cache. More information can be found via :

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.14.4_release_notes

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70737

File Name: debian_DSA-2790.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1739

BID: 62966

DSA: 2790

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