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Fedora 26 : glibc (2017-92f8958310)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102606

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update improves compatibility with legacy 32-bit i386 applications (RHBZ#1471427) and addresses a minor security vulnerability in the DNS stub resolver (CVE-2017-12132).

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-92f8958310

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102606

File Name: fedora_2017-92f8958310.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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:N/I:P/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:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12132