Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : nspr update (USN-1687-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63538

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-1687-1 fixed a vulnerability NSS. This update provides the NSPR needed to use the new NSS.

Two intermediate CA certificates were mis-issued by the TURKTRUST certificate authority. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libnspr4-0d package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1687-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63538

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1687-2.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnspr4-0d, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2013

Reference Information

USN: 1687-2