Fedora 16 : systemd-37-17.fc16 (2012-4018)

low Nessus Plugin ID 58466

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a bug that could be exploited to delete arbitrary directories.

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 systemd package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358

http://www.nessus.org/u?37b7cded

http://www.nessus.org/u?e8510954

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 58466

File Name: fedora_2012-4018.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1174

BID: 52538

FEDORA: 2012-4018