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Fedora 20 : scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 (2013-19101)

low Nessus Plugin ID 70817

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 0.12.1, fixes CVE-2013-4251: insecure /tmp usage by scipy.weave.

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 scipy package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916690

http://www.nessus.org/u?c643585e

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 70817

File Name: fedora_2013-19101.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:scipy, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4251

BID: 63008

FEDORA: 2013-19101