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Fedora 31 : PyYAML (2020-bdb0bfa928)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134996

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- New upstream release 5.3.1 (rhbz#1814882)

 - Fixes CVE-2020-1747 (rhbz#1807367,1809011)

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Solution

Update the affected PyYAML package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-bdb0bfa928

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134996

File Name: fedora_2020-bdb0bfa928.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2020

Updated: 3/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1747

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:pyyaml, 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: 3/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1747

FEDORA: 2020-bdb0bfa928

IAVA: 2021-A-0463