Fedora 30 : gnulib (2020-acac61cfd0)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133015

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for [CVE-2018-17942]

- Update on 2020-01-07

- CVE-2018-17942

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Solution

Update the affected gnulib package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-acac61cfd0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133015

File Name: fedora_2020-acac61cfd0.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2020

Updated: 1/21/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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:gnulib, 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: 1/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17942