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MiracleLinux 7 : nspr-4.11.0-1.el7, nss-softokn-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7, nss-3.21.0-9.el7, nss-util-3.21.0-2.2.el7 (AXSA:2016-217:01)

🗓️ 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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MiracleLinux 7 updates Network Security Services and utilities per AXSA advisory.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2016-217:01.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(288974);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1978", "CVE-2016-1979");

  script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 7 : nspr-4.11.0-1.el7, nss-softokn-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7, nss-3.21.0-9.el7, nss-util-3.21.0-2.2.el7 (AXSA:2016-217:01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
AXSA:2016-217:01 advisory.

    nspr
    NSPR provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system
    facilities. These facilities include threads, thread synchronization,
    normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time, basic
    memory management (malloc and free) and shared library linking.
    nss
    Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to
    support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and
    server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2
    and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509
    v3 certificates, and other security standards.
    nss-softokn
    Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module
    nss-util
    Utilities for Network Security Services and the Softoken module
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2016-1978
    Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange
    function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as
    used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause
    a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by
    making an SSL (1) DHE or (2) ECDHE handshake at a time of high memory
    consumption.
    CVE-2016-1979
    Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network
    Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox
    before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or
    possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER
    encoding.
    The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: nss (3.21.0), nss-util (3.21.0),
    nspr (4.11.0).
    Fixed bugs:
    * The nss-softokn package has been updated to be compatible with NSS 3.21.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/6604");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-1978");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-1979");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/01/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nspr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nspr-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-sysinit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-util");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:nss-util-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 7.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '7',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'nspr-4.11.0-1.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nspr-4.11.0-1.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nspr-devel-4.11.0-1.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nspr-devel-4.11.0-1.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-devel-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-devel-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-devel-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-freebl-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.16.2.3-14.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-sysinit-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-tools-3.21.0-9.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-util-3.21.0-2.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-util-3.21.0-2.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-util-devel-3.21.0-2.2.el7', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'nss-util-devel-3.21.0-2.2.el7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'nspr / nspr-devel / nss / nss-devel / nss-softokn / etc');
}

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16 Jan 2026 00:00Current
8.3High risk
Vulners AI Score8.3
CVSS 38.8
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.02458
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