Fedora 21 : openssh-6.6.1p1-16.fc21 (2015-13469)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85668

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update provides fixes for vulnerabilities published with openssh-7.0 Security fix for CVE-2015-5600

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected openssh package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245969

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252844

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252852

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e94dee7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85668

File Name: fedora_2015-13469.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssh, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5600, CVE-2015-6563, CVE-2015-6564

FEDORA: 2015-13469