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Fedora 40 : editorconfig (2024-86d287b270)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194652

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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-2024-86d287b270 advisory.

 Update to 0.12.7: fix pointer overflow in `STRING_CAT`; fix a few more stack buffer overflows.

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 editorconfig package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-86d287b270

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194652

File Name: fedora_2024-86d287b270.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:editorconfig, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2024

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