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Fedora 42 : libpcap (2026-1e3425e7ea)

low Nessus Plugin ID 294855

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-1e3425e7ea advisory.

 New version 1.10.6

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

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

Solution

Update the affected 14:libpcap package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-1e3425e7ea

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 294855

File Name: fedora_2026-1e3425e7ea.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2026

Updated: 1/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpcap, 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: 1/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11961

FEDORA: 2026-1e3425e7ea

IAVA: 2026-A-0013