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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : pollinate update (USN-2709-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85444

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2709-1 advisory.

 The pollinate package bundles the certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com. This update refreshes the certificate to match the new certificate for the server.

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 pollinate package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2709-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85444

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2709-1.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2015

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pollinate

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2015

Reference Information

USN: 2709-1