Amazon Linux AMI : ca-certificates (ALAS-2014-281)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72299

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

It was found that a subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued an intermediate certificate, which could be used to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders that particular intermediate certificate as untrusted.

Solution

Run 'yum update ca-certificates' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-281.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72299

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-281.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ca-certificates, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2014

Reference Information

ALAS: 2014-281

RHSA: 2013:1866