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Fedora 28 : gnupg2 (2018-da6a17e6a3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120838

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Minor update from upstream with fix for CVE-2018-9234 and other bug fixes.

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Solution

Update the affected gnupg2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-da6a17e6a3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120838

File Name: fedora_2018-da6a17e6a3.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 6/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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-2018-9234

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:gnupg2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9234