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Fedora 17 : nut-2.6.3-4.fc17 (2012-8694)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59511

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

fix heap-based buffer overflow due improper processing of non-printable characters in random network data (CVE-2012-2944)

 - no change, just updated release number to fix upgrade path

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 nut package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826489

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa3b217e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59511

File Name: fedora_2012-8694.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/15/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nut, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2944

FEDORA: 2012-8694