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Fedora 29 : golang (2019-1198005e1f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121075

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Rebase to go1.11.4

 - Security fix for CVE-2018-16875, CVE-2018-16874 and CVE-2018-16873

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Solution

Update the affected golang package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-1198005e1f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121075

File Name: fedora_2019-1198005e1f.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/11/2019

Updated: 2/26/2020

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:golang

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16873, CVE-2018-16874, CVE-2018-16875