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Fedora 25 : augeas (2017-7dacb3c21c)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103199

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream version 1.8.1. Fixes CVE-2017-7555 (RHBZ#1482340).

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Solution

Update the affected augeas package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-7dacb3c21c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103199

File Name: fedora_2017-7dacb3c21c.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2017

Updated: 11/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:augeas

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7555