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Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2011-21)

🗓️ 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The Malaysia-based Digicert Sdn. Bhd. subordinate CA issued weak key HTTPS certificates, rendering them untrusted

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2011-21.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69580);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");

  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2011-21");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:1444");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2011-21)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was found that the Malaysia-based Digicert Sdn. Bhd. subordinate
Certificate Authority (CA) issued HTTPS certificates with weak keys.
This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA as
untrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL,
S/MIME, and code signing. Note: Digicert Sdn. Bhd. is not the same
company as found at digicert.com."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2011-21.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update nss' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-pkcs11-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-sysinit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nss-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/11/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-debuginfo-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-devel-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-sysinit-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"nss-tools-3.12.10-2.23.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nss / nss-debuginfo / nss-devel / nss-pkcs11-devel / nss-sysinit / etc");
}

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