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RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2011:1248-01

🗓️ 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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RedHat Update for ca-certificates which removes a fraudulent CA's root certificate, rendering its HTTPS certificates untrusted

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2011:1248-01
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "This package contains the set of CA certificates chosen by the Mozilla
  Foundation for use with the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

  It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued fraudulent HTTPS
  certificates. This update removes that CA's root certificate from the
  ca-certificates package, rendering any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA
  as untrusted. (BZ#734381)

  All users should upgrade to this updated package. After installing the
  update, all applications using the ca-certificates package must be
  restarted for the changes to take effect.";

tag_affected = "ca-certificates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";



if(description)
{
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2011-September/msg00001.html");
  script_id(870698);
  script_version("$Revision: 8267 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-02 07:29:17 +0100 (Tue, 02 Jan 2018) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-09 10:50:25 +0530 (Mon, 09 Jul 2012)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name: "RHSA", value: "2011:1248-01");
  script_name("RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2011:1248-01");

  script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of ca-certificates");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms");
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


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

release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");

res = "";
if(release == NULL){
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "RHENT_6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ca-certificates", rpm:"ca-certificates~2010.63~3.el6_1.5", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
  exit(0);
}

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