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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : ca-certificates update (USN-7034-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 207769

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7034-1 advisory.

 The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.64 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

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 package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7034-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 207769

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7034-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2024

Updated: 9/25/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ca-certificates, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2024

Reference Information

USN: 7034-1