Detections
Analytics
Fedora 7 : tar-1.15.1-28.fc7 (2007-2673)
high Nessus Plugin ID 27789
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Wed Oct 24 2007 Radek Brich <rbrich at redhat.com> 2:1.15.1-28- backported upstream patch for CVE-2007-4476 (tar stack crashing in safer_name_suffix)
- Tue Aug 28 2007 Radek Brich <rbrich at redhat.com> 2:1.15.1-27
- fixed CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal vulnerability (#253684)
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Solution
Update the affected tar and / or tar-debuginfo packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 27789
File Name: fedora_2007-2673.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tar, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tar-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4131, CVE-2007-4476
BID: 25417