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Fedora 40 : firmitas (2024-71ef04b872)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201882

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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-2024-71ef04b872 advisory.

 Cryptography v42 is the new thing.

 Please follow the steps provided here https://github.com/fedora-infra/firmitas/blob/main/README.md for testing.

 **References**

 1. https://github.com/fedora-infra/firmitas/security/dependabot/1 2. https://github.com/fedora-infra/firmitas/security/dependabot/2 3. https://github.com/fedora-infra/firmitas/security/dependabot/3


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 firmitas package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-71ef04b872

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201882

File Name: fedora_2024-71ef04b872.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/4/2024

Updated: 7/4/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2024

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