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GLSA-202006-10 : GNU Readline: Multiple vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 137447

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202006-10 (GNU Readline: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Readline. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNU Readline users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/readline-8.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 137447

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202006-10.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/17/2020

Updated: 6/17/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:readline, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2020

Reference Information

GLSA: 202006-10