Fedora Core 6 : util-linux-2.13-0.49.fc6 (2007-722)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27059

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

- Mon Oct 8 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-0.49

- fix #320141 - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers [FC6]

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 util-linux and / or util-linux-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e279a29

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27059

File Name: fedora_2007-722.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-722