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Fedora 40 : tacacs (2023-a219299297)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194589

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-a219299297 advisory.

 Automatic update for tacacs-F4.0.4.28.7fb~20231005g4fdf178-1.fc40.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Thu Oct 5 2023 Davide Cavalca <[email protected]> - F4.0.4.28.7fb~20231005g4fdf178-1
 - Update to git snapshot 4fdf178 for CVE-2023-45239; Fixes: RHBZ#2242402

 ```

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 tacacs package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a219299297

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194589

File Name: fedora_2023-a219299297.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-45239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tacacs

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: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45239