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Fedora 32 : mingw-libxml2 (2020-7773c53bc8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143129

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Add correct fix for CVE-2020-24977 (RHBZ#1877788), thanks: Jan de Groot.

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-libxml2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-7773c53bc8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143129

File Name: fedora_2020-7773c53bc8.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2020

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-libxml2

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: 11/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24977