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Fedora 19 : libgadu-1.12.0-0.3.rc2.fc19 (2014-2341)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72649

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security vulnerability fix in HTTP protocol handling. A specially crafted server reply may cause memory overwrite and arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2013-6487).

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Solution

Update the affected libgadu package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057489

http://www.nessus.org/u?c13814a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72649

File Name: fedora_2014-2341.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2014

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgadu, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6487

BID: 65188

FEDORA: 2014-2341