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Amazon Linux AMI : axis (ALAS-2014-412)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78355

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Axis incorrectly extracted the host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3596)

Solution

Run 'yum update axis' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-412.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78355

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-412.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

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: 2.5

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3596

ALAS: 2014-412

RHSA: 2014:1193