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Fedora 32 : libxls (2020-688a51575a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144132

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2020-27819

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Solution

Update the affected libxls package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-688a51575a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144132

File Name: fedora_2020-688a51575a.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2020

Updated: 3/2/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27819

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libxls, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27819