An update for nss and nspr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications.
Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system facilities.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
nss (3.44.0), nspr (4.21.0). (BZ#1713187, BZ#1713188)
Security Fix(es) :
nss: NULL pointer dereference in several CMS functions resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-18508)
nss: Out-of-bounds read when importing curve25519 private key (CVE-2019-11719)
nss: Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault (CVE-2019-11729)
nss: PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures can be used for TLS 1.3 (CVE-2019-11727)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es) :
PQG verify fails when create DSA PQG parameters because the counts aren’t returned correctly. (BZ#1685325)
zeroization of AES context missing (BZ#1719629)
RSA Pairwise consistency test (BZ#1719630)
FIPS updated for nss-softoken POST (BZ#1722373)
DH/ECDH key tests missing for the PG parameters (BZ#1722374)
NSS should implement continuous random test on it’s seed data or use the kernel AF_ALG interface for random (BZ#1725059)
support setting supported signature algorithms in strsclnt utility (BZ# 1725110)
certutil -F with no parameters is killed with segmentation fault message (BZ#1725115)
NSS: Support for IKE/IPsec typical PKIX usage so libreswan can use nss without rejecting certs based on EKU (BZ#1725116)
NSS should use getentropy() for seeding its RNG, not /dev/urandom.
Needs update to NSS 3.37 (BZ#1725117)
Disable TLS 1.3 in FIPS mode (BZ#1725773)
Wrong alert sent when client uses PKCS#1 signatures in TLS 1.3 (BZ#1728259)
x25519 allowed in FIPS mode (BZ#1728260)
post handshake authentication with selfserv does not work if SSL_ENABLE_SESSION_TICKETS is set (BZ#1728261)
Enhancement(s) :
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2019:1951. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(127636);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/05/19");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2018-18508",
"CVE-2019-11719",
"CVE-2019-11727",
"CVE-2019-11729"
);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2019:1951");
script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : nss and nspr (RHSA-2019:1951)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update for nss and nspr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to
support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and
server applications.
Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for
non-GUI operating system facilities.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
nss (3.44.0), nspr (4.21.0). (BZ#1713187, BZ#1713188)
Security Fix(es) :
* nss: NULL pointer dereference in several CMS functions resulting in
a denial of service (CVE-2018-18508)
* nss: Out-of-bounds read when importing curve25519 private key
(CVE-2019-11719)
* nss: Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a
segmentation fault (CVE-2019-11729)
* nss: PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures can be used for TLS 1.3 (CVE-2019-11727)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to
the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es) :
* PQG verify fails when create DSA PQG parameters because the counts
aren't returned correctly. (BZ#1685325)
* zeroization of AES context missing (BZ#1719629)
* RSA Pairwise consistency test (BZ#1719630)
* FIPS updated for nss-softoken POST (BZ#1722373)
* DH/ECDH key tests missing for the PG parameters (BZ#1722374)
* NSS should implement continuous random test on it's seed data or use
the kernel AF_ALG interface for random (BZ#1725059)
* support setting supported signature algorithms in strsclnt utility
(BZ# 1725110)
* certutil -F with no parameters is killed with segmentation fault
message (BZ#1725115)
* NSS: Support for IKE/IPsec typical PKIX usage so libreswan can use
nss without rejecting certs based on EKU (BZ#1725116)
* NSS should use getentropy() for seeding its RNG, not /dev/urandom.
Needs update to NSS 3.37 (BZ#1725117)
* Disable TLS 1.3 in FIPS mode (BZ#1725773)
* Wrong alert sent when client uses PKCS#1 signatures in TLS 1.3
(BZ#1728259)
* x25519 allowed in FIPS mode (BZ#1728260)
* post handshake authentication with selfserv does not work if
SSL_ENABLE_SESSION_TICKETS is set (BZ#1728261)
Enhancement(s) :
* Move IKEv1 and IKEv2 KDF's from libreswan to nss-softkn (BZ#1719628)");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-18508");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11719");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11727");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11729");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
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:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11727");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11719");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/08/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-debugsource");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-debugsource");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-freebl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-freebl-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-sysinit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-sysinit-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-tools-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-util");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-util-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-util-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 8.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2019:1951";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nspr-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nspr-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nspr-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nspr-debuginfo-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nspr-debuginfo-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nspr-debuginfo-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nspr-debugsource-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nspr-debugsource-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nspr-debugsource-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nspr-devel-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nspr-devel-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nspr-devel-4.21.0-2.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-debugsource-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-debugsource-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-debugsource-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-softokn-freebl-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-sysinit-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-tools-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-tools-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-tools-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-tools-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-util-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-util-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-util-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-util-debuginfo-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"i686", reference:"nss-util-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"s390x", reference:"nss-util-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL8", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nss-util-devel-3.44.0-7.el8_0")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nspr / nspr-debuginfo / nspr-debugsource / nspr-devel / nss / etc");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | nspr | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nspr-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-debuginfo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nspr-debugsource | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-debugsource |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nspr-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nspr-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-debuginfo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss-debugsource | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-debugsource |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss-softokn | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn |
redhat | enterprise_linux | nss-softokn-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-softokn-debuginfo |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18508
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11719
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11727
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11729
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1951
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-18508
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11719
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11727
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-11729