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Fedora 27 : python-markdown2 (2018-e52160d0bc)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118048

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

#### python-markdown2 2.3.6 ####

 - [pull #282] Add TOC depth option

 - [pull #283] Fix to add TOC html to output via CLI

 - [pull #284] Do not remove anchors in safe_mode

 - [pull #288] fixing cuddled-lists with a single list item

 - [pull #292] Fix Wrong rendering of last list element

 - [pull #295] link-patterns fix

 - [pull #300] Replace a deprecated method

 - [pull #301] DeprecationWarning: invalid escape sequence

 - [pull #302] Fix 'make test' in Python 3

 - [pull #303] Fix CVE-2018-5773

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Solution

Update the affected python-markdown2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-e52160d0bc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118048

File Name: fedora_2018-e52160d0bc.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2018

Updated: 7/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5773

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-markdown2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5773