Fedora 10 : rsyslog-3.21.9-1.fc10 (2008-11476)

high Nessus Plugin ID 38098

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fixes for CVE-2008-5617 and CVE-2008-5618, detailed in:
http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml http://secunia.com/Advisories/32857/

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 rsyslog package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38098

File Name: fedora_2008-11476.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: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rsyslog

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5617, CVE-2008-5618

CWE: 264

FEDORA: 2008-11476

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