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Fedora 42 : apt / python-apt (2026-e0e9d0d54a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300910

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-e0e9d0d54a advisory.

 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0, also fix a security issue in python-apt


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 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15

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 apt and / or python-apt packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e0e9d0d54a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300910

File Name: fedora_2026-e0e9d0d54a.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 3/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6966