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Fedora 17 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc17 (2012-18686)

low Nessus Plugin ID 63014

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Resolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts

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 pcp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff31b83d

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 63014

File Name: fedora_2012-18686.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5530

FEDORA: 2012-18686