Fedora 9 : mod_security-2.5.9-1.fc9 (2009-2654)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35926

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fixes for potential denials of service when using PDF XSS protection as well as when parsing multipart requests.
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_i d=68846

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 mod_security package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e8f46f13

http://www.nessus.org/u?af255791

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35926

File Name: fedora_2009-2654.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_security, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1902, CVE-2009-1903

BID: 34096

CWE: 16

FEDORA: 2009-2654