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Fedora 29 : systemd (2019-8434288a24)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122371

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Prevent buffer overread in systemd-udevd

 - Properly validate dbus paths received over dbus (#1678394, CVE-2019-6454)

No need to log out or reboot.

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Solution

Update the affected systemd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8434288a24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122371

File Name: fedora_2019-8434288a24.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2019

Updated: 2/7/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:systemd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6454