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Fedora 31 : xar (2020-edf53cd770)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133536

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Use Apple upstream instead of non-fresh Github one

 - New upstream in 1.8 dev branch with 417.1 subversion

 - Close CVE-2018-17093

 - Close CVE-2018-17094

 - Close CVE-2017-11124

 - Close CVE-2017-11125

 - Close CVE-2010-3798

 - Use license macro

 - Add OpenSSL To Configuration

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Solution

Update the affected xar package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-edf53cd770

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133536

File Name: fedora_2020-edf53cd770.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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-2017-11125

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xar, 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: 2/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3798, CVE-2017-11124, CVE-2017-11125, CVE-2018-17093, CVE-2018-17094