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Amazon Linux AMI : jakarta-commons-httpclient (ALAS-2013-169)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69728

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component 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-2012-5783)

Solution

Run 'yum update jakarta-commons-httpclient' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-169.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69728

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-169.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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:jakarta-commons-httpclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5783

ALAS: 2013-169

RHSA: 2013:0270