Fedora 18 : v8-3.14.5.10-2.fc18 (2013-14205)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69358

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes an issue with Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.95, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage 'type confusion.'

Please note that this issue's impact on Node.js is somewhat lessened since it does not typically execute JavaScript from foreign sources.

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 v8 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=991116

http://www.nessus.org/u?769d947b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69358

File Name: fedora_2013-14205.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:v8, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2882

FEDORA: 2013-14205