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Fedora 8 : glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8 (2008-1533)
high Nessus Plugin ID 31066
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
PCRE 7.6 fixed following bug: A character class containing a very large number of characters with codepoints greater than 255 (in UTF-8 mode, of course) caused a buffer overflow. The GLib release 2.14.6 updates the included copy of PCRE to version 7.6.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 glib2 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31066
File Name: fedora_2008-1533.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 2/14/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glib2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0674