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Fedora 11 : firebird-2.1.3.18185.0-2.fc11 (2009-8340)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40830

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Upgrade from previous package version may be a problem since previous version remove /var/run/firebird and it shouldn't This release fix this problem for future updates If you are in that case (no longer /var/run/firebird directory after upgrade), just reinstall firebird-2.1.3.18185.0-2 package or create /var/run/firebird owned by user firebird

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Solution

Update the affected firebird package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514463

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f3fbdc4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40830

File Name: fedora_2009-8340.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2009

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:firebird

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: 8/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2620

BID: 35842

CWE: 20

FEDORA: 2009-8340