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Fedora 17 : mod_security-2.7.3-2.fc17 (2013-9518)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67363

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix NULL pointer dereference (DoS, crash) (CVE-2013-2765) and a possible memory leak.

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 mod_security package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615

http://www.nessus.org/u?56fdcc95

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67363

File Name: fedora_2013-9518.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2013

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2013-9518