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Fedora 38 : fwupd (2023-48c43df788)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182764

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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-2023-48c43df788 advisory.

 This release adds the following features:

 * Add a launchd agent for macOS
 * Add a new security attribute for BIOS capsule updates to be enabled
 * Add functionality to fix specific host security attributes
 * Add global information from the context into the report data
 * Add support for coSWID payload sections
 * Add support for parsing the EDID
 * Allow adding only-quirk instance IDs from quirk files
 * Install a sysusers.d systemd file when using -Dsystemd_unit_user

 This release fixes the following bugs:

 * Allow devices to require a connected display
 * Allow Wacom modules to specify a status polling interval
 * Do not show Intel CET unsupported as success
 * Do not show multiple Genesys GL32xx devices for the same physical device
 * Fix a fuzzing timeout in the HID descriptor parser
 * Recalculate the SUPPORTED flag after adopting a child device
 * Reduce the amount of memory used when chunking large firmware
 * Speed up logitech-bulkcontroller firmware updates
 * Stop reading ownership and TPM flashes left in Dell plugin
 * Try to use the LVFS when using report-history --force
 * Write the coSWID TAG_ID as a bytestring when possible

 This release adds support for the following hardware:

 * AMD dGPUs, Navi3x and above
 * Foxconn SDX12, SDX55 and SDX6X devices
 * Google Rex Intel USB-4 retimers
 * MediaTek DP AUX Scalers
 * Quectel EM160 module
 * Star Labs StarBook Mk VIr2
 * VLI VL105-VL109
 * Wacom DTH134 and DTC121 Tablets


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 fwupd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-48c43df788

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182764

File Name: fedora_2023-48c43df788.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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:fwupd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2023

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