Scientific Linux Security Update : ca-certificates on SL6.x (noarch) (20131220)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71629

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux 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.

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?076075f0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71629

File Name: sl_20131220_ca_certificates_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ca-certificates, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2013