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Fedora 17 : ssmtp-2.61-19.fc17 (2012-16163)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62779

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This version adds to sSMTP the ability to validate the TLS servers it connects to.

It also enables use of separate files for client key and certificate files.

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 ssmtp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864894

http://www.nessus.org/u?179db78c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62779

File Name: fedora_2012-16163.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ssmtp, 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: 10/15/2012

Reference Information

BID: 55875

FEDORA: 2012-16163