Detections
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Fedora 11 : rb_libtorrent-0.14.3-2.fc11 (2009-6502)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 39542
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This release adds an upstream patch to fix a directory traversal vulnerability which would allow a remote attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a '..' (dot dot) and partial relative pathname in a specially crafted torrent.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 rb_libtorrent package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 39542
File Name: fedora_2009-6502.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 6/28/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rb_libtorrent, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1760