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Fedora 38 : iwd / libell (2024-38faa9a2a8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191730

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-38faa9a2a8 advisory.

 iwd 2.15:

 Fix issue with notice events for connection timeouts.
 Fix issue with reason code and deauthenticate event.
 Fix issue with handling basename() functionality.

 libell 0.63:

 Fix issue with handling ending boundary of the PEM.



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 iwd and / or libell packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-38faa9a2a8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191730

File Name: fedora_2024-38faa9a2a8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:iwd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libell

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52161