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Fedora 31 : libssh2 (2019-91529f19e4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130615

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fix integer overflow in SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT logic (CVE-2019-17498)

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Solution

Update the affected libssh2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-91529f19e4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130615

File Name: fedora_2019-91529f19e4.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2019

Updated: 4/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libssh2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17498