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Fedora 18 : libuv-0.10.18-1.fc18 / nodejs-0.10.21-1.fc18 (2013-19491)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70669

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This release contains a security fix for the http server implementation, please upgrade as soon as possible. For more information, see <http://ur1.ca/fwrj8>.

2013.10.18, node.js Version 0.10.21 (Stable)

 - crypto: clear errors from verify failure (Timothy J Fontaine)

 - dtrace: interpret two byte strings (Dave Pacheco)

 - fs: fix fs.truncate() file content zeroing bug (Ben Noordhuis)

 - http: provide backpressure for pipeline flood (isaacs)

 - tls: fix premature connection termination (Ben Noordhuis)

2013.10.19, libuv Version 0.10.18 (Stable)

 - unix: fix uv_spawn() NULL pointer deref on ENOMEM (Ben Noordhuis)

 - unix: don't close inherited fds on uv_spawn() fail (Ben Noordhuis)

 - unix: revert recent FSEvent changes (Ben Noordhuis)

 - unix: fix non-synchronized access in signal.c (Ben Noordhuis)

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 libuv and / or nodejs packages.

See Also

https://ur1.ca/fwrj8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021170

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a9a1c54

http://www.nessus.org/u?0c8331b2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70669

File Name: fedora_2013-19491.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/29/2013

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: 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:libuv, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nodejs, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4450

BID: 63229

FEDORA: 2013-19491