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Fedora 14 : sudo-1.7.4p4-1.fc14 (2010-14184)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49240

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- update to new upstream version - sudo now uses /var/db/sudo for timestamps - new command available:
 sudoreplay - use native audit support - corrected license field value: BSD -> ISC - fixes CVE-2010-2956

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 sudo package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628628

http://www.nessus.org/u?87f99cc4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49240

File Name: fedora_2010-14184.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2010

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2956

BID: 43019

FEDORA: 2010-14184