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Fedora 36 : lldpd (2023-3e4feeadec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174509

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-3e4feeadec advisory.

 Update to the latest 1.0.16:

 * Lots of updates, enhancements and fixes from 1.0.4
 * CVEs: CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2021-43612

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected lldpd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-3e4feeadec

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174509

File Name: fedora_2023-3e4feeadec.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/20/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27827

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43612

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lldpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27827, CVE-2021-43612