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Fedora 26 : authconfig (2017-1fe6f25af9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101586

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New release fixing moderate (information leak) issue with PAM configuration when authentication to remote services via SSSD is enabled.

To fix the incorrect configuration run: authconfig --updateall

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected authconfig package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1fe6f25af9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101586

File Name: fedora_2017-1fe6f25af9.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:authconfig, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7488