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Fedora 30 : ppp (2020-571091c70b)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134333

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This is an update fixing CVE-2020-8597.

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Solution

Update the affected ppp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-571091c70b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134333

File Name: fedora_2020-571091c70b.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 3/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8597