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Fedora 31 : json-c (2020-7eb7eac270)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136936

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix CVE-2020-12762.

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Solution

Update the affected json-c package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-7eb7eac270

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136936

File Name: fedora_2020-7eb7eac270.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2020

Updated: 3/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:json-c, 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: 5/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12762