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Fedora 11 : irssi-0.8.13-3.fc11 (2009-7012)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40474
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Jun 23 2009 Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas at redhat.com> - 0.8.13-3- Resolve CVE-2009-1959
- Fri May 1 2009 Marek Mahut <mmahut at fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.13-1
- Upstream release
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Solution
Update the affected irssi package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40474
File Name: fedora_2009-7012.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/4/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:irssi
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1959
BID: 35399