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Fedora 31 : libetpan (2020-44e52ef729)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139678

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A security flaw was found on libetpan which may allow malicious attacker to inject additional responses or mimic whole sessions. This vulnerability is now assined as CVE-2020-15953. This new rpm should fix this issue.

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Solution

Update the affected libetpan package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-44e52ef729

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139678

File Name: fedora_2020-44e52ef729.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libetpan, 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: 8/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15953