Fedora 17 : libexif-0.6.21-2.fc17 (2013-1244)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64494

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A security bugfix release.

A security bugfix release.

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 libexif package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839182

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839183

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839184

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839185

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839188

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839189

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839203

http://www.nessus.org/u?16cbd862

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64494

File Name: fedora_2013-1244.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2013

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libexif, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2812, CVE-2012-2813, CVE-2012-2814, CVE-2012-2836, CVE-2012-2837, CVE-2012-2840, CVE-2012-2841

BID: 54437

FEDORA: 2013-1244