Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : ca-certificates update (USN-2154-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73181

Synopsis

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

Description

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20130906 package.

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 ca-certificates package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2154-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73181

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2154-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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:ca-certificates, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

USN: 2154-1