Fedora 19 : ssmtp-2.64-9.fc19 (2013-15049)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69527

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Use a corrected patch to validate server certificates Removes world read access from the configuration file thus prohibiting reading of password stored inside it. Removes world read access from the configuration file thus prohibiting reading of password stored inside it.

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 ssmtp package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69527

File Name: fedora_2013-15049.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/2/2013

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:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ssmtp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2013

Reference Information

BID: 55875

FEDORA: 2013-15049

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