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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : ca-certificates update (USN-4377-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137043

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The ca-certificates package contained an expired CA certificate that caused connectivity issues. This update removes the 'AddTrust External Root' CA.

In addition, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, this update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20190110 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 and / or ca-certificates-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4377-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137043

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4377-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ca-certificates-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Reference Information

USN: 4377-1