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Fedora 28 : PyYAML (2019-779a9db46a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 123041

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream release 5.1 (rhbz#1688414) Fixes CVE-2017-18342 (rhbz#1595744)

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Solution

Update the affected PyYAML package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-779a9db46a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 123041

File Name: fedora_2019-779a9db46a.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2019

Updated: 6/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:pyyaml, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18342