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Fedora 9 : openssl-0.9.8g-9.fc9 (2008-4723)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 32484
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Fixes moderate impact security issue CVE-2008-0891 and low impact security issue CVE-2008-1672. See also http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20080528.txt All applications and system services which utilize OpenSSL library must be restarted for the updates to take effect.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 openssl package.See Also
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20080528.txt
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448492
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 32484
File Name: fedora_2008-4723.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 6/2/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0891, CVE-2008-1672
BID: 29405