Fedora 20 : pwgen-2.07-1.fc20 (2014-16368)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79937

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 2.07 (bug 1159526) fixes :

- CVE-2013-4440 (bug 1020222, 1020223)

- CVE-2013-4442 (bug 1020259, 1020261)

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 pwgen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79937

File Name: fedora_2014-16368.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4440, CVE-2013-4442

FEDORA: 2014-16368

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