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Fedora 19 : sysklogd-1.5-18.fc19 (2014-12878)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78682

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Added patch for remote syslog PRI vulnerability (#1142373)

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Solution

Update the affected sysklogd package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142373

http://www.nessus.org/u?5565d5f6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78682

File Name: fedora_2014-12878.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sysklogd, 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: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3634

BID: 70187

FEDORA: 2014-12878