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Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130805)

2013-08-0600:00:00
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It was discovered that NSS leaked timing information when decrypting TLS/SSL and DTLS protocol encrypted records when CBC-mode cipher suites were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to retrieve plain text from the encrypted packets by using a TLS/SSL or DTLS server as a padding oracle. (CVE-2013-1620)

An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the way NSS decoded certain certificates. If an application using NSS decoded a malformed certificate, it could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2013-0791)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  • A defect in the FreeBL library implementation of the Diffie-Hellman (DH) protocol previously caused Openswan to drop connections.

  • A memory leak in the nssutil_ReadSecmodDB() function has been fixed.

In addition, the nss package has been upgraded to upstream version 3.14.3, and the nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version 4.9.5. These updates provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions.

Note that while upstream NSS version 3.14 prevents the use of certificates that have an MD5 signature, this erratum includes a patch that allows such certificates by default. To prevent the use of certificates that have an MD5 signature, set the ‘NSS_HASH_ALG_SUPPORT’ environment variable to ‘-MD5’.

After installing this update, applications using NSS or NSPR must be restarted for this update to take effect.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(69223);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0791", "CVE-2013-1620");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130805)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that NSS leaked timing information when decrypting
TLS/SSL and DTLS protocol encrypted records when CBC-mode cipher
suites were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to
retrieve plain text from the encrypted packets by using a TLS/SSL or
DTLS server as a padding oracle. (CVE-2013-1620)

An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the way NSS decoded
certain certificates. If an application using NSS decoded a malformed
certificate, it could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2013-0791)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - A defect in the FreeBL library implementation of the
    Diffie-Hellman (DH) protocol previously caused Openswan
    to drop connections.

  - A memory leak in the nssutil_ReadSecmodDB() function has
    been fixed.

In addition, the nss package has been upgraded to upstream version
3.14.3, and the nspr package has been upgraded to upstream version
4.9.5. These updates provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements
over the previous versions.

Note that while upstream NSS version 3.14 prevents the use of
certificates that have an MD5 signature, this erratum includes a patch
that allows such certificates by default. To prevent the use of
certificates that have an MD5 signature, set the
'NSS_HASH_ALG_SUPPORT' environment variable to '-MD5'.

After installing this update, applications using NSS or NSPR must be
restarted for this update to take effect."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1308&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=77
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?726b44ed"
  );
  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:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-pkcs11-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/02/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/08/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  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:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

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

  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) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 5.x", "Scientific Linux " + 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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nspr-4.9.5-1.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nspr-debuginfo-4.9.5-1.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nspr-devel-4.9.5-1.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-3.14.3-6.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.14.3-6.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-devel-3.14.3-6.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-pkcs11-devel-3.14.3-6.el5_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-tools-3.14.3-6.el5_9")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  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-devel / nss / nss-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxnsprp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr
fermilabscientific_linuxnspr-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxnspr-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nspr-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxnssp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss
fermilabscientific_linuxnss-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxnss-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxnss-pkcs11-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-pkcs11-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxnss-toolsp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nss-tools
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux