Amazon Linux 2 : ca-certificates (ALAS-2021-1710)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153883

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of ca-certificates installed on the remote host is prior to 2021.2.50-72. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1710 advisory.

Update of ca-certificates to version 2021.2.50-72.amzn2.0.1 addresses the expiring IdentTrust DST Root CA X3, which affected some Let's Encrypt TLS certificates. The effect of the expiring certificate would be an inability of OpenSSL to validate impacted certificates issued by Let's Encrypt. Impacted customers may have experienced connection or certificate errors when attempting to connect to certain websites or APIs that use Let's Encrypt certificates.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update ca-certificates' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153883

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1710.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2021

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ca-certificates

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2021

Reference Information

ALAS: 2021-1710

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