Fedora 10 : perl-Net-OAuth-0.19-1.fc10 (2009-10520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42155

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A session fixation vulnerability was discovered in OAuth protocol 1.0.
Perl OAuth bindings were updated to support the new version of the OAauth protocol that was issued to address the vulnerability. All OAuth users are strongly advised to update to this updated package and protocol version 1.0a which fixes the vulnerability. Upstream advisory: http://oauth.net/advisories/2009-1

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Solution

Update the affected perl-Net-OAuth package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42155

File Name: fedora_2009-10520.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 10/16/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-net-oauth, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2009

Reference Information

BID: 34682

FEDORA: 2009-10520

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