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Oracle Linux 5 : gnome-vfs2 (ELSA-2013-0131)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68702

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0131 advisory.

 [2.16.2-10.el5]
 - Prevent trash applet crashing (#848822)

 [2.16.2-9.el5]
 - Prevent deleting items linking out of the trash (#586015)
 - Do not stat every file on an ClearCase mvfs filesystem (#822817)
 - Do not silently skip directory having no read permission during copy (#772307)
 - Allow trashing symlink to filesystem root that does not support trashing (#621394)
 - CVE-2009-2473 gnome-vfs2 embedded neon: billion laughs DoS attack (#540548)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gnome-vfs2, gnome-vfs2-devel and / or gnome-vfs2-smb packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0131.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68702

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0131.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnome-vfs2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnome-vfs2-smb, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gnome-vfs2-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2473

BID: 36080

RHSA: 2013:0131