Detections
Analytics
Fedora 8 : comix-3.6.4-6.fc8 (2008-2981)
high Nessus Plugin ID 31821
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Several security flaws are reported against comix 3.6.4. One issue is that comix uses os.popen() to execute external commands without handling filenames properly. This may allow malicios users to execute arbitrary commands by opening some files with crafted names. This issue is now identified as CVE-2008-1568. Another issue is that comix creates a directory under /tmp with the name easily predictable by any users. This will cause DOS attach for multiuser system. This new package will fix these issues.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 comix package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31821
File Name: fedora_2008-2981.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/11/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
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:comix
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1568, CVE-2008-1796