Fedora 22 : mingw-pcre-8.38-1.fc22 (2016-f59a8ff5d0)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89641

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 8.38 and fix various CVE's

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-pcre package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89641

File Name: fedora_2016-f59a8ff5d0.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-pcre, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3210, CVE-2015-5073, CVE-2015-8383, CVE-2015-8384, CVE-2015-8385, CVE-2015-8386, CVE-2015-8387, CVE-2015-8388, CVE-2015-8389, CVE-2015-8390, CVE-2015-8391, CVE-2015-8392, CVE-2015-8393, CVE-2015-8394, CVE-2015-8395

FEDORA: 2016-f59a8ff5d0