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Fedora 38 : dhcpcd (2024-2bb2bb2467)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190960

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-2bb2bb2467 advisory.

 - Finished security issue handling broken DHCP packets. (FEDORA-2024-2bb2bb2467)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected dhcpcd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-2bb2bb2467

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190960

File Name: fedora_2024-2bb2bb2467.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2024

Updated: 2/25/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dhcpcd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2024

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