Fedora 7 : file-4.21-1.fc7 (2007-0836)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27681

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to new upstream 4.21 should also fix CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow

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 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bfc174a4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27681

File Name: fedora_2007-0836.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2799

CWE: 189

FEDORA: 2007-0836