5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.9%
The remote host is missing an update for the
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120079");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5783", "CVE-2012-6153", "CVE-2014-3577");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:16:57 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2022-01-07T03:03:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-01-07 03:03:10 +0000 (Fri, 07 Jan 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-410)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-410");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-410.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'jakarta-commons-httpclient' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-410 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-6153 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server hostname matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name (CN) field in X.509 certificates was flawed. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.
It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server host name matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name (CN) field in X.509 certificates was flawed. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'jakarta-commons-httpclient' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-httpclient", rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient~3.1~15.8.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo", rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo~3.1~15.8.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc", rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc~3.1~15.8.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual", rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual~3.1~15.8.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);