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Fedora 38 : netconsd (2023-2c9ef9e004)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181013

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-2c9ef9e004 advisory.

 Update to prevent invalid fragment values from leading to a buffer overrun

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

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

Solution

Update the affected netconsd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-2c9ef9e004

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181013

File Name: fedora_2023-2c9ef9e004.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/15/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:netconsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2023

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