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Fedora 29 : gnutls (2018-79f7540a1e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 120549

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to upstream 3.6.5 release

 - Security fix for CVE-2018-16868

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Solution

Update the affected gnutls package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-79f7540a1e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 120549

File Name: fedora_2018-79f7540a1e.nasl

Version: 1.7

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16868

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16868