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Fedora 30 : glib2 (2019-c18d2bd1bd)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 125961

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

glib 2.60.4 release :

 - Fixes to improved network status detection with NetworkManager

 - Leak fixes to some `glib-genmarshal` generated code

 - Further fixes to the Happy Eyeballs (RFC 8305) implementation

 - File system permissions fix to clamp down permissions in a small time window when copying files (CVE-2019-12450)

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Solution

Update the affected glib2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-c18d2bd1bd

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 125961

File Name: fedora_2019-c18d2bd1bd.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/18/2019

Updated: 5/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2019-12450

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:30, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glib2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12450