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Fedora 27 : dnsmasq (2018-fbe4017846)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106522

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

DNSSEC fix for wildcard NSEC records (CVE-2017-15107)

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Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-fbe4017846

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106522

File Name: fedora_2018-fbe4017846.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2018

Updated: 10/30/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15107