Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : NSS update (USN-2504-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81420

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the NSS package to version 3.17.4 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2504-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81420

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2504-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2015

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-1d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-nssdb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss3-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2015

Reference Information

BID: 71675

USN: 2504-1