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Fedora 21 : ipython-2.4.1-8.fc21 (2015-14901)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85989

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Add upstream patch to fix XSS vulnerability (bug #1259405)

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 ipython package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259405

http://www.nessus.org/u?842542c4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85989

File Name: fedora_2015-14901.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ipython, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6938

FEDORA: 2015-14901