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Fedora 25 : systemd (2017-8ff992386d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100493

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A security fix for a systemd-resolved crash on a crafted DNS packet.
Relevant only to systemd-resolved users (not enabled by default). No need to reboot or logout.

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 systemd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-8ff992386d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100493

File Name: fedora_2017-8ff992386d.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2017

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:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:systemd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9217