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Fedora 27 : pdns-recursor (2017-608b6f5945)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105888

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to latest version. Contains security fixes for CVE-2017-15090, CVE-2017-15092, CVE-2017-15093 and CVE-2017-15094

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Solution

Update the affected pdns-recursor package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-608b6f5945

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105888

File Name: fedora_2017-608b6f5945.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 11/6/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15092

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pdns-recursor

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15090, CVE-2017-15092, CVE-2017-15093, CVE-2017-15094