Fedora 14 : pam_ssh-1.97-7.fc14 (2011-8006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55388

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Drop root group privileges before executing ssh-agent (#711170)

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 pam_ssh package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711170

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d9fd9b8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55388

File Name: fedora_2011-8006.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-8006