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Fedora 46 : rust-lru / rust-lru0.16 (2026-a4ab790e17)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343405

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a4ab790e17 advisory.

 Update lru crate to version 0.18.4 and add a compat package for version 0.16.

 This fixes an obscure potential use-after-free issue:
 <https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0253.html>

 Rebuild tracker: <https://forge.fedoraproject.org/rust/backlog/issues/39>


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 rust-lru and / or rust-lru0.16 packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a4ab790e17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343405

File Name: fedora_2026-a4ab790e17.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2026

Updated: 9/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rust-lru0.16, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rust-lru

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2026

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