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Fedora 33 : mingw-binutils (2020-18ec0bf4bb)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144612

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Backport patches for CVE-2020-16592 and CVE-2020-16598

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-binutils package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-18ec0bf4bb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144612

File Name: fedora_2020-18ec0bf4bb.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-binutils, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33

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: 12/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16592, CVE-2020-16598