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Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2012-108)

🗓️ 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The nss package in Amazon Linux AMI is missing a security update (ALAS-2012-108) due to a flaw in the ASN.1 decoder handling zero length items (CVE-2012-0441). Run 'yum update nss' to update your system

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2012-108.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69598);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0441");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2012-108");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:1091");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2012-108)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A flaw was found in the way the ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One)
decoder in NSS handled zero length items. This flaw could cause the
decoder to incorrectly skip or replace certain items with a default
value, or could cause an application to crash if, for example, it
received a specially crafted OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)
response. (CVE-2012-0441)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-108.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update nss' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-sysinit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-pkcs11-devel-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-sysinit-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-tools-3.13.5-1.26.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nss / nss-debuginfo / nss-devel / nss-pkcs11-devel / nss-sysinit / etc");
}

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18 Apr 2018 15:09Current
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Vulners AI Score8
CVSS 25
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