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Fedora 28 : file (2019-c90f32a130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122800

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- CVE-2019-8907 - remote denial of service in do_core_note in readelf.c

 - CVE-2019-8905 - stack-based buffer over-read in do_core_note in readelf.c

 - CVE-2019-8906 - out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected file package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-c90f32a130

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122800

File Name: fedora_2019-c90f32a130.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2019

Updated: 6/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8907

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:file

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: 3/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8905, CVE-2019-8906, CVE-2019-8907