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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871692
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Update for mod_nss RHSA-2016:2602-02
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod_nss'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod_nss'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The mod_nss module provides strong
cryptography for the Apache HTTP Server via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, using the Network Security
Services (NSS) security library.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
mod_nss (1.0.14). (BZ#1299063)

Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in the way mod_nss parsed certain OpenSSL-style cipher
strings. As a result, mod_nss could potentially use ciphers that were not
intended to be enabled. (CVE-2016-3099)

This issue was discovered by Rob Crittenden (Red Hat).

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
mod_nss on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3099
FEDORA-2016-1eaaf1ed0f
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184345.html
FEDORA-2016-85e9f2e3cd
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183102.html
FEDORA-2016-8b28358b72
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183129.html
RHSA-2016:2602
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2602.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319052
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