Fedora 14 : policycoreutils-2.0.85-19.fc14 (2011-3043)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52721

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This fixes the problem with seunshare causing applications to mistakenly use the /tmp directory in an unsafe manner.

CVE-2011-1011

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Solution

Update the affected policycoreutils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52721

File Name: fedora_2011-3043.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:policycoreutils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1011

BID: 46510

FEDORA: 2011-3043

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