Oracle Linux 5 : nss / and / nspr (ELSA-2013-1791)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 71241

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-2013-1791 advisory.

- Resolves: rhbz#1032466 - CVE-2013-5605 CVE-2013-5606 CVE-2013-1741 nss: various flaws [rhel-5.10]
- Resolves: rhbz#1032466 - CVE-2013-5605 CVE-2013-5606 CVE-2013-1741 nss: various flaws [rhel-5.10]
- Resolves: rhbz#1032466 - CVE-2013-5605 CVE-2013-5606 CVE-2013-1741 nss: various flaws [rhel-5.10]

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-2013-1791.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 71241

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1791.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/6/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-5607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 12/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1739, CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5606, CVE-2013-5607

BID: 62966, 63736, 63737, 63738, 63802

RHSA: 2013:1791