Scientific Linux Security Update : axis on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140915)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77700

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that Axis incorrectly extracted the host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3596)

Applications using Apache Axis must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77700

File Name: sl_20140915_axis_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/16/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:axis, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:axis-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:axis-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:axis-manual, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3596

Detections

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