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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61739
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-7661 (neon)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to neon
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-7661.

Update Information:

This update includes the latest release of neon, fixing a security issue in the
Digest authentication domain parameter support.

ChangeLog:

* Thu Aug 28 2008 Joe Orton 0.28.3-1
- update to 0.28.3 (CVE-2008-3746, #460415)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #459620 - CVE-2008-3746 neon: NULL ptr dereference in the Digest authentication support (DoS possible)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459620

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update neon' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-7661

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3746
BugTraq ID: 30710
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30710
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00367.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:074
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000040.html
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2008-August/000038.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/15/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/5
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020725
http://secunia.com/advisories/31508
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/32286
http://secunia.com/advisories/36799
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:017 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2420
XForce ISS Database: neon-digestauthentication-dos(44511)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44511
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