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Fedora 10 : neon-0.28.6-1.fc10 (2009-8794)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40677
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update includes the latest release of neon, version 0.28.6. This fixes two security issues: * the 'billion laughs' attack against expat could allow a Denial of Service attack by a malicious server.(CVE-2009-2473) * an embedded NUL byte in a certificate subject name could allow an undetected MITM attack against an SSL server if a trusted CA issues such a cert. Several bug fixes are also included, notably: * X.509v1 CA certificates are trusted by default * Fix handling of some PKCS#12 certificates
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 neon package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40677
File Name: fedora_2009-8794.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/24/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:neon
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: 8/20/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2473, CVE-2009-2474
BID: 36079