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Fedora 8 : util-linux-ng-2.13.1-2.fc8 (2008-3419)
high Nessus Plugin ID 32108
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Apr 22 2008 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13.1-2- fix audit log injection attack via login
- Wed Jan 16 2008 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13.1-1
- upgrade to stable util-linux-ng 2.13.1
- fix #427874 - util-linux-ng gets 'excess command line argument' on update
- Thu Jan 3 2008 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-3.2
- fix #427207 - util-linux-ng-2.13-3.1.fc8.src.rpm not rebuilded
- Wed Dec 5 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-3.1
- fix #409551 - hwclock: check for ENODEV (upstream patch)
- fix #408391 - setarch: add missing alpha subarchs (upstream patch)
- mkswap: possible to crash with SELinux relabeling support (upstream patch)
- mount: don't call canonicalize(SPEC) for cifs, smbfs and nfs (upstream patch)
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 util-linux-ng package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32108
File Name: fedora_2008-3419.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/1/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:util-linux-ng, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1926