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Fedora 46 : stb (2026-ee846faf9d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 344577

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ee846faf9d advisory.

 Automatic update for stb-0^20260802.2c980bb-2.fc46.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Thu Sep 10 2026 Benjamin A. Beasley <[email protected]> - 0^20260802.2c980bb-2
 - Patch stb_sprintf: security fix for CVE-2026-79516
 - Fixes RHBZ#2531291; Fixes RHBZ#2531290
 * Thu Sep 10 2026 Benjamin A. Beasley <[email protected]> - 0^20260802.2c980bb-1
 - Update to 0^20260802.2c980bb

 ```

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 stb package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ee846faf9d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 344577

File Name: fedora_2026-ee846faf9d.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:stb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-79516