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Fedora 26 : gsoap (2018-a9615e2a1e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109418

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This patch addresses a critical issue with the DIME protocol receiver that may cause the receiver to become unresponsive when a malformed DIME protocol message is received. -- https://www.genivia.com/advisory.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gsoap package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a9615e2a1e

https://www.genivia.com/advisory.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109418

File Name: fedora_2018-a9615e2a1e.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gsoap, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2018

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