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Fedora 14 : tor-0.2.1.29-1400.fc14 (2011-0642)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 53901
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Mon Jan 17 2011 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> - 0.2.1.29-1400- updated to 0.2.1.29 (SECURITY)
- CVE-2011-0427: heap overflow bug, potential remote code execution
- Tue Dec 21 2010 Luke Macken <lmacken at redhat.com> - 0.2.1.28-1400
- updated to 0.2.1.28 (SECURITY: fixes a remotely exploitable heap overflow bug)
- Fri Nov 26 2010 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> - 0.2.1.27-1400
- updated to 0.2.1.27
- work around broken chkconfig by adding dummy Default-Start: in -lsb (#647512)
- Fri Nov 26 2010 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> - 0.2.1.26-1401
- fixed 'limit' statement in upstart script
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Solution
Update the affected tor package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 53901
File Name: fedora_2011-0642.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/16/2011
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tor
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0015, CVE-2011-0016, CVE-2011-0427, CVE-2011-0490, CVE-2011-0491, CVE-2011-0492, CVE-2011-0493
FEDORA: 2011-0642