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Amazon Linux AMI : axis (ALAS-2013-164)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69723

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Apache Axis did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name. (CVE-2012-5784)

Solution

Run 'yum update axis' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-164.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69723

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-164.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:axis-javadoc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:axis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:axis-manual

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5784

ALAS: 2013-164

RHSA: 2013:0269