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Fedora 42 : mbedtls (2025-7c8f6f12d1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270794

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-7c8f6f12d1 advisory.

 - Update to 3.6.5

 Release notes: https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/releases/tag/mbedtls-3.6.5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 mbedtls package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7c8f6f12d1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270794

File Name: fedora_2025-7c8f6f12d1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2025

Updated: 10/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mbedtls, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2025

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