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Fedora 16 : sudo-1.8.3p1-2.fc16 (2012-1028)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57757

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fixed CVE-2012-0809

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 sudo package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784443

http://www.nessus.org/u?f66dd444

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57757

File Name: fedora_2012-1028.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo

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: 1/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0809

BID: 51719

FEDORA: 2012-1028