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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : ca-certificates update (USN-4377-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137043

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4377-1 advisory.

 The ca-certificates package contained an expired CA certificate that caused connectivity issues. This update removes the AddTrust External Root CA.

 In addition, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, this update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20190110 package.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ca-certificates and / or ca-certificates-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4377-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137043

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4377-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ca-certificates-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ca-certificates

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2020

Reference Information

USN: 4377-1