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CentOS Update for yum-updatesd CESA-2014:1004 centos5

🗓️ 06 Aug 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for yum-updatesd CESA-2014:1004 centos5 - The yum-updatesd package provides a daemon for checking and notifying about available updates, it did not properly perform RPM package signature checks, allowing a remote attacker to install a malicious update on the target system

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881982");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-08-06 12:06:26 +0200 (Wed, 06 Aug 2014)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0022");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_name("CentOS Update for yum-updatesd CESA-2014:1004 centos5");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"yum-updatesd on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The yum-updatesd package provides a daemon which checks for
available updates and can notify you when they are available via email, syslog,
or dbus.

It was discovered that yum-updatesd did not properly perform RPM package
signature checks. When yum-updatesd was configured to automatically install
updates, a remote attacker could use this flaw to install a malicious
update on the target system using an unsigned RPM or an RPM signed with an
untrusted key. (CVE-2014-0022)

All yum-updatesd users are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing
this update, the yum-updatesd service will be restarted automatically.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2014:1004");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-August/020462.html");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'yum-updatesd'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"yum-updatesd", rpm:"yum-updatesd~0.9~6.el5_10", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
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