Fedora 16 : groff-1.21-4.fc16 (2012-8596)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59419

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

older security fixes :

- CVE-2009-5044: insecure temporary file handling in pdfroff

- CVE-2009-5080: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph

- CVE-2009-5081: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use easy-to-guess temporary file names

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 groff package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59419

File Name: fedora_2012-8596.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/8/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:groff

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5044, CVE-2009-5080, CVE-2009-5081

BID: 36381

FEDORA: 2012-8596

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