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Fedora 7 : fail2ban-0.8.0-9.fc7 (2007-0621)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27672

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update closes a remote log injection bug which could lead to a DOS attack.

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 fail2ban package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?194c6767

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27672

File Name: fedora_2007-0621.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fail2ban, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-0621