Fedora 17 : glibc-2.15-54.fc17 (2012-11508)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61556

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Avoid unbound alloca in vfprintf (#841318)

Revert patch for BZ696143, it made it impossible to use IPV6 addresses explicitly in getaddrinfo, which in turn broke ssh, apache and other code. (#808147)

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61556

File Name: fedora_2012-11508.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glibc, 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: 8/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3405, CVE-2012-3406

BID: 54374

FEDORA: 2012-11508

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