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Fedora 29 : libssh (2018-6b390ceb36)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120502

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to version 0.8.4 to fix CVE-2018-10933

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Solution

Update the affected libssh package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-6b390ceb36

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120502

File Name: fedora_2018-6b390ceb36.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10933

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libssh

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10933