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Fedora 24 : weechat (2017-9ccef781a6)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100075

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2017-8073 and various other changes. See https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html#v1.7.1 for full changelog.

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Solution

Update the affected weechat package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-9ccef781a6

https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html#v1.7.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100075

File Name: fedora_2017-9ccef781a6.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:weechat

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8073