Fedora 28 : ansible (2018-1d2bc76093)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120275

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to ansible 2.6.1 bugfix release. Fixes also 2 CVEs:
CVE-2018-10874 and CVE-2018-10875

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.6/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.6.rst for full list of changes.

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Solution

Update the affected ansible package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120275

File Name: fedora_2018-1d2bc76093.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10875

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ansible

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10874, CVE-2018-10875

FEDORA: 2018-1d2bc76093

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