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Fedora 30 : systemd (2019-24e1d561e5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128535

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Security issue: unprivileged users were allowed to change DNS servers configured in systemd-resolved (CVE-2019-15718).

 - Various minor fixes (memory issues, compat with newer kernels, log message improvements, etc.).

 - hwdb entries for keyboards are updated to the latest version

No need to log out or reboot.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected systemd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-24e1d561e5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128535

File Name: fedora_2019-24e1d561e5.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2019

Updated: 2/22/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15718

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:systemd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15718