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Fedora 8 : glib2-2.14.6-2.fc8 (2008-6025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33406

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a heap-based overflow caused by incorrect option handling in pcre (CVE-2008-2371)

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 glib2 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452079

http://www.nessus.org/u?66fc359d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33406

File Name: fedora_2008-6025.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:glib2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2371

CWE: 119

FEDORA: 2008-6025