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Fedora 26 : gcab (2018-c54ced412e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107036

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream release

 - This fixes the security bug known as CVE-2018-5345

 - Do not encode timezone in generated files

 - Fix countless memory leaks when parsing corrupt files

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Solution

Update the affected gcab package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-c54ced412e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107036

File Name: fedora_2018-c54ced412e.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5345