Fedora 31 : 1:grub2 (2019-e99ebf23c8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131465

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix a grub hidden-menu regression and a bug in blscfg variable expansion

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Security fix for CVE-2019-14865

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Solution

Update the affected 1:grub2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-e99ebf23c8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131465

File Name: fedora_2019-e99ebf23c8.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2019

Updated: 12/17/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:grub2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14865