Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.427
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-427-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nss' package(s) announced via the DLA-427-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nss' package(s) announced via the DLA-427-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The s_mp_div function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, improperly divides numbers, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the (1) mp_div or (2) mp_exptmod function. For the oldoldstable distribution (squeeze), these problem has been fixed in version 3.12.8-1+squeeze14. We recommend that you upgrade your nss packages. Affected Software/OS: 'nss' package(s) on Debian 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1938 BugTraq ID: 81955 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81955 BugTraq ID: 91787 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 Debian Security Information: DSA-3688 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-46 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/37-Mozilla-NSS-Wrong-calculation-results-in-mp_div-and-mp_exptmod.html https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21_release_notes https://github.com/hannob/bignum-fuzz/blob/master/CVE-2016-1938-nss-mp_div.c https://github.com/hannob/bignum-fuzz/blob/master/CVE-2016-1938-nss-mp_exptmod.c http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0338 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00010.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0306 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0309 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2903-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1
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