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Fedora 26 : varnish (2017-5525b6cb5a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104794

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2017-8807: This fixes a possible data leak in stevedore transient objects in varnishd.

Upstream reports: 'It is not inconceiveable that an attack can provoke this situation on vulnerable varnishd instances, where the leaked memory contains confidential data and therefore we have classified this as a security vulnerability.'

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Solution

Update the affected varnish package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-5525b6cb5a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104794

File Name: fedora_2017-5525b6cb5a.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8807