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Fedora 24 : ettercap (2017-36c7e7ef06)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100820

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

FIx for CVE-2017-8366

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Solution

Update the affected ettercap package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-36c7e7ef06

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100820

File Name: fedora_2017-36c7e7ef06.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8366