Fedora 29 : mgetty (2019-da586db907)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122458

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745

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Solution

Update the affected mgetty package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-da586db907

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122458

File Name: fedora_2019-da586db907.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16745

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mgetty

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16741, CVE-2018-16744, CVE-2018-16745