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Fedora 25 : sudo (2016-3a0df9e256)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94998

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- update to 1.8.18p1

 - fixes CVE-2016-7076

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

Solution

Update the affected sudo package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-3a0df9e256

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94998

File Name: fedora_2016-3a0df9e256.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2016

Updated: 1/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7076