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Fedora 16 : libguestfs-1.14.8-1.fc16 (2011-17372)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57440

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes Security: Mitigate possible privilege escalation via SG_IO ioctl (CVE-2011-4127, RHBZ#757071).

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Solution

Update the affected libguestfs package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a07f878e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57440

File Name: fedora_2011-17372.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libguestfs, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2011

Reference Information

BID: 51176

FEDORA: 2011-17372