Detections
Analytics
Fedora 10 : viewvc-1.0.9-1.fc10 (2009-8501)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40581
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
CHANGES in 1.0.9: - security fix: validate the 'view' parameter to avoid XSS attack - security fix: avoid printing illegal parameter names and values Also includes: Patch by Patrick Monnerat to make allow_tar work on F-10.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 viewvc package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40581
File Name: fedora_2009-8501.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/13/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:viewvc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3618, CVE-2009-3619