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Fedora 26 : empathy (2017-8840ec0204)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101678

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix certificate validation to work without legacy CAs.

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empathy 3.12.13 release. For details, see https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2017-March/msg00077.h tml

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Solution

Update the affected empathy package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-8840ec0204

http://www.nessus.org/u?7442bcfd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101678

File Name: fedora_2017-8840ec0204.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:empathy, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2017

Reference Information