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Fedora 39 : libspf2 (2023-b317dd9220)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185270

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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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b317dd9220 advisory.

 - Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-42118)

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 libspf2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b317dd9220

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185270

File Name: fedora_2023-b317dd9220.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 5/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libspf2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42118