Fedora 20 : v8-3.14.5.10-3.fc20 (2013-23361)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71622

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update resolves multiple security vulnerabilities in the V8 JavaScript just-in-time compiler.

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=1039888

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039889

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c8ef345

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71622

File Name: fedora_2013-23361.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2013

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

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:20

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6639, CVE-2013-6640

BID: 64078

FEDORA: 2013-23361