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Fedora 28 : perl-Email-Address (2019-8deebad756)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121238

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to 1.912, fixes CVE-2015-7686 and CVE-2018-12558.

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Solution

Update the affected perl-Email-Address package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8deebad756

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121238

File Name: fedora_2019-8deebad756.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7686

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12558

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-email-address

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7686, CVE-2018-12558