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Fedora 26 : dnsmasq (2017-24f067299e)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103888

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2017-14491 CVE-2017-14492 CVE-2017-14493 CVE-2017-14494 CVE-2017-14495 CVE-2017-14496

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Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-24f067299e

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103888

File Name: fedora_2017-24f067299e.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14491, CVE-2017-14492, CVE-2017-14493, CVE-2017-14494, CVE-2017-14495, CVE-2017-14496

FEDORA: 2017-24f067299e

IAVA: 2017-A-0284-S