CentOS 3 / 4 : gnome-vfs2 (CESA-2009:0005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35311

Synopsis

The remote CentOS 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 gnome-vfs2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35311

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0005.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 1/8/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnome-vfs2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnome-vfs2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnome-vfs2-smb

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0706

RHSA: 2009:0005

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