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Fedora 26 : expat (2017-18601ad5d2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101578

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_2_1/expat/Changes

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Solution

Update the affected expat package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-18601ad5d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101578

File Name: fedora_2017-18601ad5d2.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:expat, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9063, CVE-2017-9233