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Fedora 10 : jhead-2.86-1.fc10 (2009-1824)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 36735
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- fixes 'CVE-2008-4640 jhead: arbitrary file deletion' (#468056) * fixes 'CVE-2008-4641 jhead: command exection caused by incorrect handling of the shell escapes' (#468057)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 jhead package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468056
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 36735
File Name: fedora_2009-1824.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
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: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:jhead, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-4640, CVE-2008-4641
BID: 32506