GLSA-201904-02 : Libical: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123576

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-02 (Libical: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Libical. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Impact :

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Libical users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libical-3.0.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123576

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201904-02.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2019

Updated: 6/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libical

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5823, CVE-2016-5824

GLSA: 201904-02