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Fedora 37 : libcue (2023-1fe05ac8d9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182983

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-1fe05ac8d9 advisory.

 This update backports the fix for a serious security issue that could cause arbitrary code execution, tracked as CVE-2023-43641. See [this write-up by Kevin Backhouse](https://github.blog/2023-10-09-coordinated-disclosure-1-click-rce-on-gnome-cve-2023-43641/) for details. Thanks to Kevin for discovering the issue and writing the fix.


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 libcue package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-1fe05ac8d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182983

File Name: fedora_2023-1fe05ac8d9.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2023

Updated: 11/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libcue

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: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43641