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Fedora 27 : glibc (2018-1cbdc8cbb8)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 107158

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes two minor security vulnerabilities in `malloc` (CVE-2018-6485, CVE-2018-6551, RHBZ#1542102, RHBZ#1542119), and provides a C++ version of `iseqsig`.

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-1cbdc8cbb8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 107158

File Name: fedora_2018-1cbdc8cbb8.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2018

Updated: 10/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2018-6551

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glibc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6485, CVE-2018-6551