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Fedora 30 : hostapd (2019-28d3ca93d2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125743

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to version 2.8 from upstream, Security fix for [CVE-2019-11555]

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Solution

Update the affected hostapd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-28d3ca93d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125743

File Name: fedora_2019-28d3ca93d2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2019

Updated: 5/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2019-11555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:hostapd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11555