Detections
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Fedora 7 : rsync-2.6.9-6.fc7 (2008-3060)
high Nessus Plugin ID 31974
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Apr 8 2008 Simo Sorce <ssorce at redhat.com> 2.6.9-6.fc7- Security release:
http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_2
- Wed Sep 5 2007 Simo Sorce <ssorce at redhat.com> 2.6.9-3.fc7
- Add patch to fix crash bug with hardlinks and ACLs patches
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 rsync package.See Also
http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_2
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31974
File Name: fedora_2008-3060.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/18/2008
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:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rsync
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1720