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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703071
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3071-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nss' package(s) announced via the DSA-3071-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nss' package(s) announced via the DSA-3071-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
In nss, a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications, Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a use-after-free vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering the improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.14.5-1+deb7u3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.16.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.16.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'nss' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1544
BugTraq ID: 68816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68816
Debian Security Information: DSA-2986 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
Debian Security Information: DSA-2996 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030617
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
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