Fedora 16 : insight-7.4.50-4.20120403cvs.fc16 (2012-18300)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63040

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Thu Nov 15 2012 Patrick Monnerat <pm at datasphere.ch> 7.4.50-4.20120403cvs

- Path 'objalloc' to fix libiberty security bug CVE-2012-3509.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877014

- Enable Python to support STL extensions.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865554

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Solution

Update the affected insight package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849693

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865554

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877014

http://www.nessus.org/u?33fc4770

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63040

File Name: fedora_2012-18300.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:insight, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3509

BID: 55281

FEDORA: 2012-18300