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Fedora 8 : p7zip-4.61-1.fc8 (2008-11891)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35387

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update addresses some moderate archiver flaws discovered in p7zip versions earlier than 4.57.

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 p7zip package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438410

http://www.nessus.org/u?80febef2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35387

File Name: fedora_2008-11891.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:p7zip, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2008

Reference Information

BID: 28285

FEDORA: 2008-11891