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Fedora 9 : mod_security-2.5.9-1.fc9 (2009-2654)

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update for mod_security-2.5.9-1.fc9 (2009-2654). Security fixes for potential denials of service when using PDF XSS protection as well as when parsing multipart requests

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-2654.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(35926);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1902", "CVE-2009-1903");
  script_bugtraq_id(34096);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-2654");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : mod_security-2.5.9-1.fc9 (2009-2654)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Security fixes for potential denials of service when using PDF XSS
protection as well as when parsing multipart requests.
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_i
d=68846

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."
  );
  # http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?af255791"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-March/021280.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e8f46f13"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mod_security package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(16);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_security");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/03/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/03/16");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC9", reference:"mod_security-2.5.9-1.fc9")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mod_security");
}

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16 Mar 2009 00:00Current
0.2Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.2
CVSS25.0
EPSS0.036
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