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Fedora 17 : dracut-018-105.git20120927.fc17 (2012-14953)

low Nessus Plugin ID 62525

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

dracut-018-105.git20120927

 - enable the use of the nbd port with e.g. '-N ltsp'

 - actually make reset_overlay working for squash overlays

 - fixed FIPS

 - if any mdraid found, make dracut run on shutdown

 - make the initramfs non-world readable

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 dracut package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448

http://www.nessus.org/u?90969712

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62525

File Name: fedora_2012-14953.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4453

BID: 55713

FEDORA: 2012-14953