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Fedora 44 : tar (2026-044e56d9ff)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 343964

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-044e56d9ff advisory.

 Fix build with libacl 2.4.0, fix CVE-2026-5704, CVE-2026-18508, CVE-2026-18477, and a regression in the fix for CVE-2025-45582.

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 2:tar package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-044e56d9ff

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 343964

File Name: fedora_2026-044e56d9ff.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5704

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tar

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: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-45582, CVE-2026-18477, CVE-2026-18508, CVE-2026-5704