Fedora 22 : powerpc-utils-python-1.2.1-7.fc22 (2015-4212)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 82934

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fixing arbitrary code execution

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 powerpc-utils-python package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190597

http://www.nessus.org/u?89bd9a30

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82934

File Name: fedora_2015-4212.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2015

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:powerpc-utils-python, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8165

FEDORA: 2015-4212