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Fedora 9 : pdfjam-1.21-1.fc9 (2009-2655)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35927
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
PDFjam scripts previously create temporary files with predictable names, and are also susceptible to the search path being modified.This update fixes the two issues.
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 pdfjam package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35927
File Name: fedora_2009-2655.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/16/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pdfjam
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5743, CVE-2008-5843