Fedora 11 : systemtap-1.1-1.fc11 (2010-0671)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 47193

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes CVE-2009-4273 (Bugzilla 550172):
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4273 New upstream release containing new features and bug fixes: better support for gcc 4.5 richer DWARF debuginfo, new preprocessor conditional for kernel 'CONFIG_*' testing, improved (experimental) unprivileged user support, new tapsets, better local-vs-global variable warnings, better return codes, bug fixes, and more...
http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2010-q1/msg00142.html

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Solution

Update the affected systemtap package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 47193

File Name: fedora_2010-0671.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:systemtap, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4273

CWE: 94

FEDORA: 2010-0671

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