Fedora 10 : wordpress-2.8.3-2.fc10 (2009-8487)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40568

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

security update to fix 'Remote admin reset password':
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-August/070137.
html

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 wordpress package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f93528b8

http://www.nessus.org/u?7374051e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40568

File Name: fedora_2009-8487.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Reference Information

BID: 36014

FEDORA: 2009-8487