Fedora 21 : file-5.22-2.fc21 (2015-2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81394

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs.

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 file package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171580

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174606

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180639

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180642

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190116

http://www.nessus.org/u?c5b0ed5b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81394

File Name: fedora_2015-2020.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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:file, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620, CVE-2014-9621, CVE-2014-9653

FEDORA: 2015-2020