Fedora 16 : ettercap-0.7.4-3.fc16 (2012-1054)

low Nessus Plugin ID 57866

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream, and patch for insecure global settings file. Restored RPM_OPT_FLAGS to build. New upstream, and patch for insecure global settings file. New upstream, and patch for insecure global settings file. New upstream, and patch for insecure global settings file.

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Solution

Update the affected ettercap package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643454

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659903

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783675

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785562

http://www.nessus.org/u?25d1b600

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57866

File Name: fedora_2012-1054.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2012

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: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 1/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3843

BID: 44078

FEDORA: 2012-1054