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Fedora 40 : libarchive (2024-80e4603b92)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209323

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-2024-80e4603b92 advisory.

 Fix for CVE-2024-48957

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 Automatic update for libarchive-3.7.2-6.fc40.


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 libarchive package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-80e4603b92

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209323

File Name: fedora_2024-80e4603b92.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2024

Updated: 10/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-48957

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48957

FEDORA: 2024-80e4603b92

IAVB: 2024-B-0154