Fedora Core 4 : kdebase-3.5.3-0.2.fc4 (2006-725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24131

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

- Thu Jun 15 2006 Than Ngo <than at redhat.com> 6:3.5.3-0.2.fc4

- apply patch to to fix #194659, CVE-2006-2449 KDM symlink attack vulnerability thanks to KDE security team

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected kdebase, kdebase-debuginfo and / or kdebase-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cdbdced

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24131

File Name: fedora_2006-725.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kdebase, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kdebase-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kdebase-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2006-725