The remote host is missing an update for the 'nss' package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:4190 advisory. Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support the cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module. The nss-util packages provide utilities for use with the Network Security Services (NSS) libraries
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883157");
script_version("2025-01-21T05:37:33+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11729", "CVE-2019-11745");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-21 05:37:33 +0000 (Tue, 21 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-19 17:22:00 +0000 (Fri, 19 Feb 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-01-08 11:15:11 +0000 (Wed, 08 Jan 2020)");
script_name("CentOS Update for nss CESA-2019:4190 centos7");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 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=CentOS7");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2019:4190");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2019-December/035590.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nss'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:4190 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
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.
The nss-softokn package provides the Network Security Services Softoken
Cryptographic Module.
The nss-util packages provide utilities for use with the Network Security
Services (NSS) libraries.
Security Fix(es):
* nss: Out-of-bounds write when passing an output buffer smaller than the
block size to NSC_EncryptUpdate (CVE-2019-11745)
* nss: Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation
fault (CVE-2019-11729)
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.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'nss' package(s) on CentOS 7.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "CentOS7") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss", rpm:"nss~3.44.0~7.el7_7", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-devel", rpm:"nss-devel~3.44.0~7.el7_7", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-pkcs11-devel", rpm:"nss-pkcs11-devel~3.44.0~7.el7_7", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-sysinit", rpm:"nss-sysinit~3.44.0~7.el7_7", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nss-tools", rpm:"nss-tools~3.44.0~7.el7_7", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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