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Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : ubuntu-sso-client vulnerability (USN-1464-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 59395
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that the Ubuntu Single Sign On Client incorrectly validated server certificates when using HTTPS connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to alter or compromise confidential information.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 ubuntu-sso-client package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 59395
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1464-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/7/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
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
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.04
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-sso-client, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4408
USN: 1464-1