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Fedora 29 : hesiod (2018-792ff3cafa)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120548

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2016-10152 (hard-coded DNS fallback) Fix CVE-2016-10151 (weak SUID check) Move package to autosetup Resolves: #1332509 Resolves:
#1332494

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Solution

Update the affected hesiod package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-792ff3cafa

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120548

File Name: fedora_2018-792ff3cafa.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10152

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:29, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:hesiod

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10151, CVE-2016-10152