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Fedora 24 : openvpn (2017-f426acf49d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100363

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for two remote DoS issues (CVE-2017-7478, CVE-2017-7479)

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Solution

Update the affected openvpn package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f426acf49d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100363

File Name: fedora_2017-f426acf49d.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 5/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7478, CVE-2017-7479