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Fedora 29 : openssh (2019-f6ff819834)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121197

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2018-20685 (the first 'variant') and backports several fixes to unbreak ECDSA authentication from PKCS#11, certificate authentication and so on.

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Solution

Update the affected openssh package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-f6ff819834

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121197

File Name: fedora_2019-f6ff819834.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

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: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssh, 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: 1/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20685