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Fedora 17 : libproxy-0.4.10-1.fc17 (2012-17574)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62952

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix http chunk encoded PAC that was broken in previous release Add HTTP client unit test Fix coding style issues

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Solution

Update the affected libproxy package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864417

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c62c84d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62952

File Name: fedora_2012-17574.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libproxy, 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: 11/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4504

BID: 55909

FEDORA: 2012-17574