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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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: yum | 24 Mar 201400:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : yum (ALAS-2014-315) | 28 Mar 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 : yum-updatesd (CESA-2014:1004) | 6 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 5 : yum- (ELSA-2014-1004) | 6 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : yum-updatesd (RHSA-2014:1004) | 5 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Scientific Linux Security Update : yum-updatesd on SL5.x (noarch) (20140805) | 6 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-0022 | 2 Sep 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system allows a remote attacker to compromise the integrity of protected information. | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| The vulnerability of the CentOS operating system allows a malicious attacker to compromise the integrity of protected information. | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| yum security update | 5 Aug 201412:36 | – | centos |
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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);
}Data
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