openSUSE Security Update : mozilla-nss and mozilla-nspr (openSUSE-SU-2013:1730-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75206

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

the following security issues were fixed in mozilla-nss and mozilla nspr :

- mozilla-nss :

+ update to 3.15.3 (bnc#850148)

- CERT_VerifyCert returns SECSuccess (saying certificate is good) even for bad certificates, when the CERTVerifyLog log parameter is given (bmo#910438)

- NSS advertises TLS 1.2 ciphersuites in a TLS 1.1 ClientHello (bmo#919677)

- fix CVE-2013-5605

- mozilla-nspr :

+ update to version 4.10.2 relevant changes :

- bmo#770534: possible pointer overflow in PL_ArenaAllocate()

- bmo#888546: ptio.c:PR_ImportUDPSocket doesn't work

Solution

Update the affected mozilla-nss and mozilla-nspr packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770534

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=888546

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850148

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00078.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75206

File Name: openSUSE-2013-878.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5605