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Amazon Linux AMI : ca-certificates (ALAS-2014-281)
high Nessus Plugin ID 72299
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
It was found that a subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued an intermediate certificate, which could be used to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. This update renders that particular intermediate certificate as untrusted.Solution
Run 'yum update ca-certificates' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 72299
File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-281.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/5/2014
Updated: 4/18/2018
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, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ca-certificates
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2014