Fedora 24 : ansible (2017-c2129c77ca)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99746

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Backport fix for https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22572

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Many bugfixes and improvements. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.3/CHANGELOG.md for full list of changes.

rst and html docs have been split out into a ansible-docs subpackage.

Includes fix for CVE-2017-7466

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Solution

Update the affected ansible package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c2129c77ca

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.3/CHANGELOG.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99746

File Name: fedora_2017-c2129c77ca.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ansible, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7466