Fedora 16 : boost-1.47.0-7.fc16 (2012-9029)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59840

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- This update fixes a bug in Boost.Pool, which could under certain circumstances overflow allocated chunk size.
This could have security implications for applications that use Boost pool without sanitizing pool parameters.

- Add a sub-package boost-math with math-related bits from Boost.TR1. This was left out by mistake.

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 boost package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59840

File Name: fedora_2012-9029.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2677

BID: 54233

FEDORA: 2012-9029

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