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Fedora 17 : sudo-1.8.6p7-1.fc17 (2013-3270)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 65619
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- update to 1.8.6p7- fixes CVE-2013-1775 and CVE-2013-1776
- fixed several packaging issues (thanks to ville.skytta at iki.fi)
- build with system zlib.
- let rpmbuild strip libexecdir/*.so.
- own the %%{_docdir}/sudo-* dir.
- fix some rpmlint warnings (spaces vs tabs, unescaped macros).
- fix bogus %%changelog dates.
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 sudo package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916363
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 65619
File Name: fedora_2013-3270.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/20/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2013
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Metasploit (Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1775, CVE-2013-1776
FEDORA: 2013-3270