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Fedora 31 : libssh (2019-8b0ad69829)

high Nessus Plugin ID 132116

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to version 0.9.3 to address CVE-2019-14889

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 libssh package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8b0ad69829

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132116

File Name: fedora_2019-8b0ad69829.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/18/2019

Updated: 2/7/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14889

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libssh, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14889

FEDORA: 2019-8b0ad69829

IAVA: 2020-A-0203