Fedora Core 5 : evolution-2.6.3-2.fc5 (2007-404)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25002

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a security flaw that allowed a specially crafted shared memo to execute arbitrary code.

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 evolution, evolution-debuginfo and / or evolution-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?079df964

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25002

File Name: fedora_2007-404.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evolution, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evolution-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evolution-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-404