openSUSE Security Update : fail2ban (openSUSE-SU-2013:1120-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75065

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of fail2ban fixes a security vulnerability. Changes in fail2ban :

- Fixes: Yaroslav Halchenko

- [6ccd5781] filter.d/apache-(auth,nohome,noscript,overflows) - anchor failregex at the beginning (and where applicable at the end). Addresses a possible DoS. Closes gh#fail2ban/fail2ban#248, CVE-2013-2178, bnc#824710

Solution

Update the affected fail2ban package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75065

File Name: openSUSE-2013-544.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fail2ban, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2178

BID: 60467

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