Fedora 16 : systemd-37-15.fc16 (2012-2557)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58308

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This systemd update adds several fixes :

- logind created files under /run/user/ in an insecure manner. A local attacker could create a symlink inside arbitrary directories (CVE-2012-0871).

- permissions of PrivateTmp directories (RHBZ#790522)

- timedated did not run without ntp installed (RHBZ#790260)

- logind: allow PowerOff and Reboot via polkit

- loading of empty files in read_one_line_file() (fdo#45362)

- fix cgit URLs in manpages

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 systemd package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853

http://www.nessus.org/u?2703d158

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58308

File Name: fedora_2012-2557.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 2/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0871

BID: 52230

FEDORA: 2012-2557