Fedora 10 : ocaml-postgresql-1.12.3-1.fc10.2 (2009-10595)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42447

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- New upstream version 1.12.3. - This contains a SECURITY fix for:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325 CVE-2009-2943 ocaml- postgresql: Missing escape function (DSA-1909-1) HOWEVER you are not protected until you change your code to use the new connection#escape_string method.

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 ocaml-postgresql package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529325

http://www.nessus.org/u?37c2ff02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42447

File Name: fedora_2009-10595.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ocaml-postgresql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2943

FEDORA: 2009-10595