The remote host is missing an update for the 'nspr' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. It renders fraudulent HTTPS certificates issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) as untrusted. The update applies to applications using the NSS Builtin Object Token and upgrades NSS to version 3.12.10 and NSPR to version 4.8.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/018069.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881307");
script_version("2023-07-10T08:07:43+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-10 08:07:43 +0000 (Mon, 10 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-30 17:20:18 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2012)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:1282");
script_name("CentOS Update for nspr CESA-2011:1282 centos4 x86_64");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nspr'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS4");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"nspr on CentOS 4");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.
It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued fraudulent HTTPS
certificates. This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA
as untrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL,
S/MIME, and code signing. (BZ#734316)
Note: This fix only applies to applications using the NSS Builtin Object
Token. It does not render the certificates untrusted for applications that
use the NSS library, but do not use the NSS Builtin Object Token.
These updated packages upgrade NSS to version 3.12.10 on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 and 5. As well, they upgrade NSPR to version 4.8.8 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, as required by the NSS update. The packages for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 include a backported patch.
All NSS and NSPR users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct this issue. After installing the update, applications using NSS and
NSPR must be restarted for the changes to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS4")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nspr", rpm:"nspr~4.8.8~1.el4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nspr-devel", rpm:"nspr-devel~4.8.8~1.el4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss", rpm:"nss~3.12.10~4.el4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-devel", rpm:"nss-devel~3.12.10~4.el4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-tools", rpm:"nss-tools~3.12.10~4.el4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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