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Fedora 43 : apt / python-apt (2026-1c47e433df)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300989

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-1c47e433df advisory.

 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0

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 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15, also fix build problem with previous release


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-2026-1c47e433df

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300989

File Name: fedora_2026-1c47e433df.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 3/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:apt, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-apt, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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