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Fedora 8 : R-2.7.2-1.fc8 / rpy-1.0.3-3.fc8 (2008-7619)

low Nessus Plugin ID 34137

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Update to R 2.7.2, also fixes security issue with unsafe temp directory handling in javareconf script.

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 R and / or rpy packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460658

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e8fc6f9

http://www.nessus.org/u?9df9bda9

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 34137

File Name: fedora_2008-7619.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:r, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rpy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2008

Reference Information

BID: 30878

FEDORA: 2008-7619