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Fedora 28 : ncurses (2018-ed74f27aef)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120884

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2018-10754.

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Solution

Update the affected ncurses package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ed74f27aef

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120884

File Name: fedora_2018-ed74f27aef.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ncurses, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10754