The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.1 and     Dogtag Certificate System allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified     parameters to the (1) System Agent or (2) End Entity pages. (CVE-2012-2662)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in the Red Hat Certificate System Agent and End Entity pages. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims using the Certificate System's web interface. (CVE-2012-2662)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - Previously, pki-core required the SSL version 3 (SSLv3)     protocol ranges to communicate with the 389-ds-base     packages. However, recent changes to 389-ds-base     disabled the default use of SSLv3 and enforced using     protocol ranges supported by secure protocols, such as     the TLS protocol. As a consequence, the CA failed to     install during an Identity Management (IdM) server     installation. This update adds TLS-related parameters to     the server.xml file of the CA to fix this problem, and     running the ipa-server- install command now installs the     CA as expected.

  - Previously, the ipa-server-install script failed when     attempting to configure a stand-alone CA on systems with     OpenJDK version 1.8.0 installed. The pki-core build and     runtime dependencies have been modified to use OpenJDK     version 1.7.0 during the stand-alone CA configuration.
    As a result, ipa-server-install no longer fails in this     situation.

  - Creating a Scientific Linux 7 replica from a Scientific     Linux 6 replica running the CA service sometimes failed     in IdM deployments where the initial Scientific Linux 6     CA master had been removed. This could cause problems in     some situations, such as when migrating from Scientific     Linux 6 to Scientific Linux 7. The bug occurred due to a     problem in a previous version of IdM where the subsystem     user, created during the initial CA server installation,     was removed together with the initial master. This     update adds the restore-subsystem-user.py script that     restores the subsystem user in the described situation,     thus enabling administrators to create a Scientific     Linux 7 replica in this scenario.

  - Several Java import statements specify wildcard     arguments. However, due to the use of wildcard arguments     in the import statements of the source code contained in     the Scientific Linux 6 maintenance branch, a name space     collision created the potential for an incorrect class     to be utilized. As a consequence, the Token Processing     System (TPS) rebuild test failed with an error message.
    This update addresses the bug by supplying the fully     named class in all of the affected areas, and the TPS     rebuild test no longer fails.

  - Previously, pki-core failed to build with the rebased     version of the CMake build system during the TPS rebuild     test. The pki-core build files have been updated to     comply with the rebased version of CMake. As a result,     pki-core builds successfully in the described scenario.

Updated pki-core packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Red Hat Certificate System is an enterprise software system designed to manage enterprise public key infrastructure (PKI) deployments. PKI Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System, which comprise the Certificate Authority (CA) subsystem.

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in the Red Hat Certificate System Agent and End Entity pages. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims using the Certificate System's web interface. (CVE-2012-2662)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Previously, pki-core required the SSL version 3 (SSLv3) protocol ranges to communicate with the 389-ds-base packages. However, recent changes to 389-ds-base disabled the default use of SSLv3 and enforced using protocol ranges supported by secure protocols, such as the TLS protocol. As a consequence, the CA failed to install during an Identity Management (IdM) server installation. This update adds TLS-related parameters to the server.xml file of the CA to fix this problem, and running the ipa-server-install command now installs the CA as expected. (BZ#1171848)

* Previously, the ipa-server-install script failed when attempting to configure a stand-alone CA on systems with OpenJDK version 1.8.0 installed. The pki-core build and runtime dependencies have been modified to use OpenJDK version 1.7.0 during the stand-alone CA configuration. As a result, ipa-server-install no longer fails in this situation. (BZ#1212557)

* Creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 replica from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 replica running the CA service sometimes failed in IdM deployments where the initial Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CA master had been removed. This could cause problems in some situations, such as when migrating from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The bug occurred due to a problem in a previous version of IdM where the subsystem user, created during the initial CA server installation, was removed together with the initial master.
This update adds the restore-subsystem-user.py script that restores the subsystem user in the described situation, thus enabling administrators to create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 replica in this scenario. (BZ#1225589)

* Several Java import statements specify wildcard arguments. However, due to the use of wildcard arguments in the import statements of the source code contained in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 maintenance branch, a name space collision created the potential for an incorrect class to be utilized. As a consequence, the Token Processing System (TPS) rebuild test failed with an error message. This update addresses the bug by supplying the fully named class in all of the affected areas, and the TPS rebuild test no longer fails. (BZ#1144188)

* Previously, pki-core failed to build with the rebased version of the CMake build system during the TPS rebuild test. The pki-core build files have been updated to comply with the rebased version of CMake.
As a result, pki-core builds successfully in the described scenario.
(BZ#1144608)

Users of pki-core are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1347 advisory.

    Red Hat Certificate System is an enterprise software system designed to     manage enterprise public key infrastructure (PKI) deployments. PKI Core     contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System, which     comprise the Certificate Authority (CA) subsystem.

    Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in the Red Hat     Certificate System Agent and End Entity pages. An attacker could use these     flaws to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims using     the Certificate System's web interface. (CVE-2012-2662)

    This update also fixes the following bugs:

    * Previously, pki-core required the SSL version 3 (SSLv3) protocol ranges     to communicate with the 389-ds-base packages. However, recent changes to     389-ds-base disabled the default use of SSLv3 and enforced using protocol     ranges supported by secure protocols, such as the TLS protocol. As a     consequence, the CA failed to install during an Identity Management (IdM)     server installation. This update adds TLS-related parameters to the     server.xml file of the CA to fix this problem, and running the     ipa-server-install command now installs the CA as expected. (BZ#1171848)

    * Previously, the ipa-server-install script failed when attempting to     configure a stand-alone CA on systems with OpenJDK version 1.8.0 installed.
    The pki-core build and runtime dependencies have been modified to use     OpenJDK version 1.7.0 during the stand-alone CA configuration. As a result,     ipa-server-install no longer fails in this situation. (BZ#1212557)

    * Creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 replica from a Red Hat Enterprise     Linux 6 replica running the CA service sometimes failed in IdM deployments     where the initial Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CA master had been removed.
    This could cause problems in some situations, such as when migrating from     Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The bug occurred     due to a problem in a previous version of IdM where the subsystem user,     created during the initial CA server installation, was removed together     with the initial master. This update adds the restore-subsystem-user.py     script that restores the subsystem user in the described situation, thus     enabling administrators to create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 replica in     this scenario. (BZ#1225589)

    * Several Java import statements specify wildcard arguments. However, due     to the use of wildcard arguments in the import statements of the source     code contained in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 maintenance branch, a name     space collision created the potential for an incorrect class to be     utilized. As a consequence, the Token Processing System (TPS) rebuild test     failed with an error message. This update addresses the bug by supplying     the fully named class in all of the affected areas, and the TPS rebuild     test no longer fails. (BZ#1144188)

    * Previously, pki-core failed to build with the rebased version of the     CMake build system during the TPS rebuild test. The pki-core build files     have been updated to comply with the rebased version of CMake. As a result,     pki-core builds successfully in the described scenario. (BZ#1144608)

    Users of pki-core are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Updated pki-common, pki-tps and pki-util packages that fix multiple security issues and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Certificate System 8.1.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Red Hat Certificate System is an enterprise software system designed to manage enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments.

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were discovered in the Red Hat Certificate System Agent and End Entity pages. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against victims using Certificate System's web interface. (CVE-2012-2662)

It was discovered that Red Hat Certificate System's Certificate Manager did not properly check certificate revocation requests performed via its web interface. An agent permitted to perform revocations of end entity certificates could use this flaw to revoke the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate. (CVE-2012-3367)

This update also adds the following enhancement :

* Red Hat Certificate System 8.1 did not previously allow using Red Hat Directory Server 9.0 as its internal database. This update adds support for Directory Server 9.0. (BZ#547527, BZ#819508)

All users of Red Hat Certificate System 8.1 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add this enhancement. After installing this update, all Red Hat Certificate System subsystems must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1347 advisory.

    [9.0.3-43]
    - Resolves #1225589 - unable to create rhel 7.1 replica from rhel 6 replica CA because subsystem user does     not exist

    [9.0.3-42]
    - Resolves #1221900 - pki-core: cross-site scripting flaw in the dogtag administration page (port 9180,     port 9444) [rhel-6.7]

    [9.0.3-41]
    - Resolves #1212557 - ipa-server-install fails when configuring CA

    [9.0.3-40]
    - Resolves #1171848 - IPA - port 9443 (pki-core) is vulnerable to SSLv3 POODLE       (based upon upstream changes provided by cfu and alee)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
217641	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-2662	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
85205	Scientific Linux Security Update : pki-core on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150722)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/4/2015	1/14/2021	medium
85014	CentOS 6 : pki-core (CESA-2015:1347)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	7/28/2015	1/4/2021	medium
84940	RHEL 6 : pki-core (RHSA-2015:1347)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/23/2015	4/15/2025	medium
78928	RHEL 5 : pki (RHSA-2012:1103)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/8/2014	1/14/2021	medium
85101	Oracle Linux 6 : pki-core (ELSA-2015-1347)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/30/2015	11/1/2024	medium

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