Fedora 17 : accountsservice-0.6.21-2.fc17 (2012-10120)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59826

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This updates accountsservice to correct a local file disclosure security flaw. CVE-2012-2737

This update also corrects and issue where spurios users show up in the login screen user list.

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 accountsservice package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59826

File Name: fedora_2012-10120.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:accountsservice, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2737

BID: 54223

FEDORA: 2012-10120

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