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Fedora 39 : netconsd (2023-9adf4a31cc)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185206

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-9adf4a31cc 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-2023-9adf4a31cc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185206

File Name: fedora_2023-9adf4a31cc.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, 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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