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Fedora 28 : 1:NetworkManager (2018-7243f31304)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120527

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- ifcfg: fix crash parsing DNS entries (rh #1607866)

 - dhcp: fix out-of-bounds heap write for DHCPv6 with internal plugin (CVE-2018-15688)

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Solution

Update the affected 1:NetworkManager package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7243f31304

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120527

File Name: fedora_2018-7243f31304.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/2/2024

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: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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:1:networkmanager

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15688