Fedora 9 : ssmtp-2.61-11.6.fc9.1 (2008-8069)

low Nessus Plugin ID 34204

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2008-3962

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 ssmtp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461882

http://www.nessus.org/u?941ebb98

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 34204

File Name: fedora_2008-8069.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ssmtp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3962

CWE: 200

FEDORA: 2008-8069