Debian DLA-676-1 : nspr security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94255

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The Network Security Service (NSS) libraries uses environment variables to configure lots of things, some of which refer to file system locations. Others can be degrade the operation of NSS in various ways, forcing compatibility modes and so on.

Previously, these environment variables were not ignored SUID binaries. This version of NetScape Portable Runtime Library (NSPR) introduce a new API, PR_GetEnVSecure, to address this.

Both NSPR and NSS need to be upgraded to address this problem.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in NSPR version 4.12-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nspr packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94255

File Name: debian_DLA-676.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/26/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-0d

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2016

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