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Fedora 14 : util-linux-ng-2.18-4.8.fc14 (2011-0854)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51896

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

util-linux-ng update with fixes for mount/umount required by the fuse fix for CVE-2010-3879 (properly working --no-canonicalize and --fake 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 util-linux-ng package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673254

http://www.nessus.org/u?05326856

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51896

File Name: fedora_2011-0854.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:util-linux-ng, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14

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: 1/28/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3879

BID: 44623

FEDORA: 2011-0854