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Fedora 30 : fossil (2019-f350634b40)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126665

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to 2.8 fixes rhbz#1581180 rhbz#1603993 rhbz#1674893 and rhbz#1524335

 - Removed upstreamed patch

 - Bug 1524335 - CVE-2017-17459 fossil: Command injection via malicious ssh URLs [fedora-all]

 - Bug 1581180 - Update fossil version to 2.6 (currently is 2.2)

 - Bug 1603993 - fossil: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide

 - Bug 1674893 - fossil: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f30

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Solution

Update the affected fossil package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-f350634b40

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126665

File Name: fedora_2019-f350634b40.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2019

Updated: 5/10/2024

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17459

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17459