Fedora 15 : polipo-1.0.4.1-6.fc15 (2012-0849)

low Nessus Plugin ID 57784

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- add daily cache cleanup

- fix missing creation of /var/run directory (bz #755198)

- make sure log directory context is set correctly (bz #741779)

- fix denial of service vulnerability CVE-2011-3596 (bz #742897)

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 polipo package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57784

File Name: fedora_2012-0849.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 2/2/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:polipo, 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: 1/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3596

BID: 49908

FEDORA: 2012-0849

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