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Fedora 25 : ark (2017-77ab791c90)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96617

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2017-5330 ark: Unintended execution of scripts and executable files

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 ark package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-77ab791c90

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96617

File Name: fedora_2017-77ab791c90.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2017

Updated: 1/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5330

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5330