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Fedora 40 : python-asyncssh (2023-a3af7820e8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194697

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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-a3af7820e8 advisory.

 Automatic update for python-asyncssh-2.14.2-1.fc40.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Thu Dec 21 2023 Georg Sauthoff <[email protected]> - 2.14.2-1
 - Update to latest upstream version (fixes fedora#2255038)
 - Fix CVE-2023-48795 ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP) (fixes fedora#2254210)

 ```

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 python-asyncssh package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-a3af7820e8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194697

File Name: fedora_2023-a3af7820e8.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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 12/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48795