Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871205
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for nss and nspr RHSA-2014:0916-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nss and nspr'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nss and nspr' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. A race condition was found in the way NSS verified certain certificates. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that application. (CVE-2014-1544) Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting CVE-2014-1544. Upstream acknowledges Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber as the original reporters. Users of NSS and NSPR are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing this update, applications using NSS or NSPR must be restarted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: nss and nspr on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. 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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