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Fedora 20 : rpm-4.11.3-2.fc20 (2014-16838)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 80288
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Add check against malicious CPIO file name size- Fix race condidition where unchecked data is exposed in the file system
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Solution
Update the affected rpm package.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 80288
File Name: fedora_2014-16838.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 12/30/2014
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rpm
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-6435, CVE-2014-8118
FEDORA: 2014-16838