Andrew Tinits reported a potentially exploitable buffer overflow in the Mozilla Network Security Service library (nss). With a specially crafted request a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2800. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(71080);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-5605");
script_bugtraq_id(63738);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2800");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2800-1 : nss - buffer overflow");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Andrew Tinits reported a potentially exploitable buffer overflow in
the Mozilla Network Security Service library (nss). With a specially
crafted request a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/nss"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/nss"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2800"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the nss packages.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.12.8-1+squeeze7.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:3.14.5-1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/11/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/11/26");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss3-1d", reference:"3.12.8-1+squeeze7")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss3-1d-dbg", reference:"3.12.8-1+squeeze7")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss3-dev", reference:"3.12.8-1+squeeze7")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss3-tools", reference:"3.12.8-1+squeeze7")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libnss3", reference:"2:3.14.5-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libnss3-1d", reference:"2:3.14.5-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libnss3-dbg", reference:"2:3.14.5-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libnss3-dev", reference:"2:3.14.5-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libnss3-tools", reference:"2:3.14.5-1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | nss | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss |
debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0 |