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Fedora 39 : ansible / ansible-core (2023-3a0ce521ab)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187112

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-3a0ce521ab advisory.

 Latest round of ansible/ansible-core minor releases. Mitigates CVE-2023-5764.

 https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-1-0/2764



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 ansible and / or ansible-core packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-3a0ce521ab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187112

File Name: fedora_2023-3a0ce521ab.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:ansible, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ansible-core

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5764