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Debian DSA-2343-1 : openssl - CA trust revocation

high Nessus Plugin ID 56761

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several weak certificates were issued by Malaysian intermediate CA'Digicert Sdn. Bhd.' This event, along with other issues, has lead to Entrust Inc. and Verizon Cybertrust to revoke the CA's cross-signed certificates.

This update to OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, reflects this decision by marking Digicert Sdn. Bhd.'s certificates as revoked.

Solution

Upgrade the openssl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8g-15+lenny14.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8o-4squeeze4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/openssl

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2343

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56761

File Name: debian_DSA-2343.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2011

Reference Information

DSA: 2343