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Fedora 18 : dracut-024-5.git20121019.fc18 (2012-16448)

low Nessus Plugin ID 62698

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fixed ifup exit code

 - fixed default 'rd.auto' parameter setting

 - only 'warn' not 'error', if we don't strip the initramfs

 - do not overwrite ifcfg from anaconda

 - ssh-client module fixes

 - strip binaries in the initramfs by default now

 - fixes for systemd and crypto

 - new dracut kernel command line options 'rd.auto'

 - new dracut kernel command line options 'rd.noverifyssl'

 - new dracut option '--kernel-cmdline' and 'kernel_cmdline' option for default parameters

 - fix for kexec in shutdown, if not included in initramfs

 - no more iscsi_wait_scan

 - curl: give info what URL failed, support https

 - use findmnt

 - systemd: wait for crypto target

 - only install crypttab in host-only mode

 - add udev groups

 - fixed busybox install

 - fixed rd.luks.allow-discards manpage and handling

 - force install dm_mod

 - do not create the initramfs world reabable

 - add nameserver even for dhcp

 - fallback to reboot if shutdown was called without a parameter

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 dracut package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859448

http://www.nessus.org/u?8a8d407c

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62698

File Name: fedora_2012-16448.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dracut

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4453

BID: 55713

FEDORA: 2012-16448