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Fedora 31 : libmetalink (2020-2a9b45c1f5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139707

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Patched null ptr dereference

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 libmetalink package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-2a9b45c1f5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139707

File Name: fedora_2020-2a9b45c1f5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2020

Updated: 8/20/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libmetalink, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2020

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