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Fedora 28 : bouncycastle (2018-ceced55c5e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120804

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fixes for CVE-2017-13098 and CVE-2018-1000180

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Solution

Update the affected bouncycastle package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ceced55c5e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120804

File Name: fedora_2018-ceced55c5e.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000180

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13098, CVE-2018-1000180