Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | NSS vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3163-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-01-04 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-01-04 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in NSS. Software Description: - nss: Network Security Service library Details: It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain invalid Diffie-Hellman keys. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5285) Hubert Kario discovered that NSS incorrectly handled Diffie Hellman client key exchanges. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a small subgroup confinement attack and recover private keys. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-8635) Franziskus Kiefer discovered that NSS incorrectly mitigated certain timing side-channel attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to recover private keys. (CVE-2016-9074) This update refreshes the NSS package to version 3.26.2 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.10: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use NSS, such as Evolution and Chromium, to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3163-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 33 % | CWE-476 | NULL Pointer Dereference |
| 33 % | CWE-358 | Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard |
| 33 % | CWE-200 | Information Exposure |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-05-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-1248-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-05 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-1175-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-01 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1084.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-20 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-46.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3163-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-04 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-27 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-759.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-752.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-752.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-16 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2016-774.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-14 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3105-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3080-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-07 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1407.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-06 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3014-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-22 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20161116_nss_and_nss_util_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1334.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-21 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-2779.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-18 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_50_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-18 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_45_5_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-18 | Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by ... File : macosx_firefox_50_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-18 | Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by ... File : macosx_firefox_45_5_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-17 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0160.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-17 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-17 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2779.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-16 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_d185311007f44645895b6fd462ad0589.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-16 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2779.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2019-01-08 00:18:53 |
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