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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : gnome-vfs, gnome-vfs2 (RHSA-2009:0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35301

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated GNOME VFS packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It provides a modular architecture and ships with several modules that implement support for various local and remote file systems as well as numerous protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and others.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the GNOME virtual file system when handling data returned by CDDB servers. If a user connected to a malicious CDDB server, an attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. (CVE-2005-0706)

Users of gnome-vfs and gnome-vfs2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running GNOME sessions must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0706

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0005

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35301

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0005.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-vfs2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-vfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-vfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-vfs2-smb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-vfs2-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0706

RHSA: 2009:0005