Fedora 21 : cross-binutils-2.25-3.fc21 (2015-0461)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80893

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Upgrade to binutils-2.25 thus fixing a number of security bugs

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 cross-binutils package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f54d2090

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80893

File Name: fedora_2015-0461.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2015

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2015-0461