Fedora 11 : openssl-0.9.8n-2.fc11 (2010-9421)

high Nessus Plugin ID 47534

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for an important security vulnerability CVE-2010-0742.

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 openssl package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598738

http://www.nessus.org/u?65b43e29

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47534

File Name: fedora_2010-9421.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0742

BID: 31692, 35001, 35138, 38533, 38562, 39013, 40502

FEDORA: 2010-9421