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Fedora 29 : gpsd (2019-9a6906a128)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122626

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2018-17937

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Solution

Update the affected gpsd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-9a6906a128

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122626

File Name: fedora_2019-9a6906a128.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2019

Updated: 6/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gpsd, 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: 3/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17937