Fedora 15 : syslog-ng-3.2.4-3.fc15 (2011-7176)

low Nessus Plugin ID 54636

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes a PCRE-bug, cf. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47800

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 syslog-ng package.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47800

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a0b60de

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 54636

File Name: fedora_2011-7176.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:syslog-ng, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2011

Reference Information

BID: 47800

FEDORA: 2011-7176