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Fedora 13 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13 (2011-0467)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 51788
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security issue is about unsafe use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf.This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be shown in the list of available options.
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 chm2pdf package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474455
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 51788
File Name: fedora_2011-0467.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 1/28/2011
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chm2pdf, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5298, CVE-2008-5299
BID: 31735