Fedora 9 : python-fedora-0.3.9-1.fc9 (2009-1519)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35668

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This release includes a bugfix to the fedora.client.AccountSystem().verify_password() method.
verify_password() was incorrectly returning True (username, password combination was correct) for any input. Although no known code is using this method to verify a user's account with the Fedora Account System, the existence of the method and the fact that anyone using this would be allowing users due to the bug makes this a high priority bug to fix.

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 python-fedora package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35668

File Name: fedora_2009-1519.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 2/13/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-fedora, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2009

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2009-1519

Detections

Analytics