Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0192
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0192)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'fail2ban' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0192 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'fail2ban' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0192 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Krzysztof Katowicz-Kowalewski discovered a vulnerability in Fail2ban, a log monitoring and system which can act on attack by preventing hosts to connect to specified services using the local firewall. When using Fail2ban to monitor Apache logs, improper input validation in log parsing could enable a remote attacker to trigger an IP ban on arbitrary addresses, thus causing a denial of service (CVE-2013-2178). Affected Software/OS: 'fail2ban' package(s) on Mageia 2, Mageia 3. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2178 DSA-2708 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2708 [oss-security] 20130613 Re: Re: Fail2ban 0.8.9, Denial of Service (Apache rules only) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/7 https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog https://vndh.net/note:fail2ban-089-denial-service openSUSE-SU-2014:0348 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00021.html oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17338 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17338
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