Fedora 16 : hostapd-0.7.3-9.fc16 (2012-9206)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59582

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Remove hostapd-specific runtime state directory Fixup typo in pid file path in hostapd.service Fixup typo in configuration file path in hostapd.service Tighten-up default permissions for hostapd.conf (CVE-2012-2389) Add BuildRequires for systemd-units Fixup typo in configuration file path in hostapd.service Tighten-up default permissions for hostapd.conf (CVE-2012-2389)

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 hostapd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59582

File Name: fedora_2012-9206.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/20/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2389

FEDORA: 2012-9206

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