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Fedora 7 : bzip2-1.0.4-11.fc7 (2008-3037)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31828
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes bzip2 denial of service (crash) on malformed archives - CVE-2008-1372, #438118.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 bzip2 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31828
File Name: fedora_2008-3037.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/11/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bzip2
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: 4/8/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1372
BID: 28286