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Fedora 27 : sox (2018-ec93095a73)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106830

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for **CVE-2017-15372**, **CVE-2017-15642**.

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Solution

Update the affected sox package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ec93095a73

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106830

File Name: fedora_2018-ec93095a73.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2018

Updated: 10/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15370, CVE-2017-15372, CVE-2017-15642