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Fedora 16 : openconnect-3.18-1.fc16 (2012-6758)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59005

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a potential buffer overrun when handling the greeting banner from the server. This update fixes a potential crash when processing libproxy results, and introduces some performance improvement

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Solution

Update the affected openconnect package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fbf2d048

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59005

File Name: fedora_2012-6758.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3291

FEDORA: 2012-6758