Fedora 25 : golang (2017-278f46fcd6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100855

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Bump to 1.7.6

- Security fix for CVE-2017-8932

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Solution

Update the affected golang package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-278f46fcd6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100855

File Name: fedora_2017-278f46fcd6.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8932