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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120640
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-650)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod24_nss' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-650 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod24_nss' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-650 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was found that the parsing of the NSSCipherSuite option of mod24_nss, which accepts OpenSSL-style cipherstrings, is flawed. If the option is used to disable insecure ciphersuites using the common '!' syntax, it will actually enable those insecure ciphersuites. (CVE-2015-5244)

Affected Software/OS:
'mod24_nss' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5244
FEDORA-2015-c76c1c84cf
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175248.html
FEDORA-2016-6aa4dd4f3a
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176026.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259216
https://pagure.io/mod_nss/c/34e1ccecb4a7d5054dba2f92b403af9b6ae1e110
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