Fedora Core 6 : file-4.19-2.fc6 (2007-391)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24924

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

this issue should fix CVE-2007-1536 (heap overflow that can result in 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 file and / or file-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0f4c4a7b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24924

File Name: fedora_2007-391.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-391