Fedora 17 : mod_security-2.6.6-2.fc17 (2012-9824)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59944

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

ModSecurity Multipart Bypasses fixed by this upstream release. Upgrade to the latest stable upstream release. Upgraded mod_security package.

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 mod_security package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f61acc1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59944

File Name: fedora_2012-9824.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_security, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2012

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2012-9824