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Fedora 27 : libbson (2018-77d864ff39)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117814

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This release fixes a heap-based buffer over-read when parsing a mallformed BSON document (CVE-2018-16790).

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Solution

Update the affected libbson package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-77d864ff39

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117814

File Name: fedora_2018-77d864ff39.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16790

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libbson

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16790