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Fedora 28 : checkstyle (2019-a3f67e2364)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124011

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes security vulnerability - Checkstyle loads external DTDs by default.

Upstream issue :

https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474 https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478

References :

https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18

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Solution

Update the affected checkstyle package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-a3f67e2364

https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124011

File Name: fedora_2019-a3f67e2364.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2019

Updated: 1/23/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:checkstyle, 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: 4/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9658