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Fedora 31 : salt (2020-9e040bd6dd)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142552

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to CVE release 3001.3-1 for Python3 Includes fixes for CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-17490, CVE-2020-25592

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Solution

Update the affected salt package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-9e040bd6dd

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142552

File Name: fedora_2020-9e040bd6dd.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:salt, 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: 11/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SaltStack Salt REST API Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-17490, CVE-2020-25592

FEDORA: 2020-9e040bd6dd

IAVA: 2020-A-0195-S