Fedora 23 : libpng-1.6.17-3.fc23 (2015-4ad4998d00)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89236

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2015-8126 (#1281757, #12812756)

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Solution

Update the affected libpng package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281756

http://www.nessus.org/u?46187fa5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89236

File Name: fedora_2015-4ad4998d00.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libpng, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472