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Fedora 18 : python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.2-0.3.a3.fc18 (2013-8694)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66682

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes CVE-2013-2098 -- Denial of Service with SSL certificates which have specially crafted wildcard patterns.

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 python-backports-ssl_match_hostname package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963186

http://www.nessus.org/u?738426e1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66682

File Name: fedora_2013-8694.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-backports-ssl_match_hostname

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2013

Reference Information

BID: 60197

FEDORA: 2013-8694