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Fedora 8 : libtirpc-0.1.7-15.fc8 (2008-1017)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 31362
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Thu Jan 24 2008 Steve Dickson <steved at redhat.com> 0.1.7-15- Protect from buffer overflow in the GSS code. (bz 362121)
- Mon Dec 17 2007 Steve Dickson <steved at redhat.com> 0.1.7-14
- Fixed typo in /etc/netconfig file (bz 414471)
- Thu Oct 25 2007 Steve Dickson <steved at redhat.com> 0.1.7-13
- Added a check for the ARM arch (bz 351071)
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 libtirpc package.See Also
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2007-07
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 31362
File Name: fedora_2008-1017.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/7/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libtirpc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3999
BID: 25534