Detections
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Fedora 7 : mod_suphp-0.6.3-1.fc7 (2008-2815)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31743
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update is a security update fixing two local privilege escalation problems. mod_suphp 0.6.2 contains two race condition regarding symlink checks. Using this attack vector a local attacker has the ability of changing symlinks in the timeframe between the security check and the php execution itself, leading suphp to execute code as another local user. These have been fixed in the 0.6.3 update with no further code changes being present making a backport of the security fix unnecessary.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 mod_suphp package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31743
File Name: fedora_2008-2815.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/4/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_suphp
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1614