Fedora 15 : systemtap-1.5-8.fc15 (2011-9722)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55743

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2011-2502 and CVE-2011-2503, which affected unprivileged mode (stapusr) installations.

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Solution

Update the affected systemtap package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55743

File Name: fedora_2011-9722.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2011

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: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:systemtap, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2502, CVE-2011-2503

BID: 48886

FEDORA: 2011-9722

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