Fedora 14 : socat-1.7.1.3-1.fc14 (2011-0098)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52552

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Upgrade to 1.7.1.3

- Includes fix for CVE-2010-2799 Stack overflow by lexical scanning of nested character patterns

- Resolves https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620430

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Solution

Update the affected socat package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52552

File Name: fedora_2011-0098.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/7/2011

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:socat, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2799

BID: 42112

FEDORA: 2011-0098

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