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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : ca-certificates update (USN-4608-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 142017

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4608-1 advisory.

 The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.44 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ca-certificates and / or ca-certificates-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4608-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 142017

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4608-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2020

Reference Information

USN: 4608-1