Fedora 11 : farsight2-0.0.14-1.fc11 / gupnp-igd-0.1.3-3.fc11 / libnice-0.0.9-1.fc11 / etc (2009-8804)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40682

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

pidgin upgrade to 2.6.0 for the CVE-2009-2694, insufficient input validation in msn_slplink_process_msg(). 2.6.0 has Voice and Video support via farsight2 (Fedora 11+ only) and numerous other bug fixes.
farsight2, libnice and gupnp- igd are version upgrades to make voice and video actually work on Fedora 11.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40682

File Name: fedora_2009-8804.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gupnp-igd, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:farsight2, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libnice, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11

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

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2694

CWE: 399

FEDORA: 2009-8804

Detections

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