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RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2013:1866-01

🗓️ 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2013:1866-01 includes rendering an intermediate certificate as untrusted to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, and requires all applications using the ca-certificates package to be restarted after installation

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2013:1866-01
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2013 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");

if(description)
{
  script_id(871105);
  script_version("$Revision: 8494 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-23 07:57:55 +0100 (Tue, 23 Jan 2018) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-12-23 12:39:34 +0530 (Mon, 23 Dec 2013)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("RedHat Update for ca-certificates RHSA-2013:1866-01");

  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 subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) mis-issued an
intermediate certificate, which could be used to conduct man-in-the-middle
attacks. This update renders that particular intermediate certificate as
untrusted. (BZ#1038894)

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.";


  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name: "RHSA", value: "2013:1866-01");
  script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2013-December/msg00042.html");
  script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of ca-certificates");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 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");
  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~2013.1.95~65.1.el6_5", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

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

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