Fedora 16 : rpm-4.9.1.3-1.fc16 (2012-5421)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58821

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes various input-validation issues in rpm:
CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061 and CVE-2012-0815

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 rpm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58821

File Name: fedora_2012-5421.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2012

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rpm, 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: 4/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061, CVE-2012-0815

BID: 52865

FEDORA: 2012-5421

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