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Fedora 26 : sox (2018-aa1bf1711d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106913

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

*SOX_PLUGINS* environment variable, added in *sox-14.4.2.0-16* to allow overriding standard *sox* path to plugins for the test purposes, is no longer exposed to user.

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Security fix for **CVE-2017-15372**, **CVE-2017-15642**.

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Solution

Update the affected sox package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-aa1bf1711d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106913

File Name: fedora_2018-aa1bf1711d.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15370, CVE-2017-15372, CVE-2017-15642