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Fedora 10 : wordpress-mu-2.8.4a-1.fc10 (2009-8538)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40601
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update spans MU-versions for the following security releases from upstream:http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/wordpress-2-8-3-security-rele ase/
- Backport of XSS fixes from WordPress 2.8.2 * Backport of security fixes for admin.php?page= bugs (CVE-2009-2334) Backport of security fixes for admin.php?page= bugs (CVE-2009-2334) Backport of security fixes for admin.php?page= bugs (CVE-2009-2334)
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 wordpress-mu package.See Also
https://wordpress.org/news/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
http://www.nessus.org/u?3ab4dc04
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40601
File Name: fedora_2009-8538.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/18/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress-mu, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10
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: 8/15/2009