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CentOS 6 : ca-certificates (CESA-2013:1866)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 71540
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.Description
An updated ca-certificates package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact.
This package contains the set of CA certificates chosen by the Mozilla Foundation for use with the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
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. (BZ#1038894)
All users should upgrade to this updated package. After installing the update, all applications using the ca-certificates package must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected ca-certificates package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 71540
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1866.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 12/20/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ca-certificates, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2013
Reference Information
RHSA: 2013:1866