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Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20151104)

2015-11-0500:00:00
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A use-after-poison flaw and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw were found in the way NSS parsed certain ASN.1 structures. An attacker could use these flaws to cause NSS to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running an application compiled against the NSS library. (CVE-2015-7181, CVE-2015-7182)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in NSPR. An attacker could use this flaw to cause NSPR to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running an application compiled against the NSPR library. (CVE-2015-7183)

#%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(86751);
  script_version("2.12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7181", "CVE-2015-7182", "CVE-2015-7183");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : nss and nspr on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20151104)");
  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:
"A use-after-poison flaw and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw were
found in the way NSS parsed certain ASN.1 structures. An attacker
could use these flaws to cause NSS to crash or execute arbitrary code
with the permissions of the user running an application compiled
against the NSS library. (CVE-2015-7181, CVE-2015-7182)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in NSPR. An attacker could use
this flaw to cause NSPR to crash or execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running an application compiled against the
NSPR library. (CVE-2015-7183)"
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1511&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=79
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b6ce5155"
  );
  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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  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:"2015/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 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-4.10.8-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nspr-debuginfo-4.10.8-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nspr-devel-4.10.8-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-3.19.1-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.19.1-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-devel-3.19.1-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-pkcs11-devel-3.19.1-2.el5_11")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nss-tools-3.19.1-2.el5_11")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    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