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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : serf (MDVSA-2014:166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77645

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated serf packages fix security vulnerability :

Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates with NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications (CVE-2014-3504).

Solution

Update the affected lib64serf-devel and / or lib64serf0 packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0353.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77645

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-166.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 9/12/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64serf-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64serf0, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3504

BID: 69238

MDVSA: 2014:166