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Fedora 31 : krb5 (2020-0df38b2843)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143177

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix CVE-2020-28196 (DoS in ASN.1 parsing due to missing recursion depth checks)

 - fc32 + fc33 only: pull-up to rawhide

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Solution

Update the affected krb5 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-0df38b2843

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143177

File Name: fedora_2020-0df38b2843.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2020

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28196

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28196