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Fedora 38 : python-dnslib (2022-96c31cc8f6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210998

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-96c31cc8f6 advisory.

 Automatic update for python-dnslib-0.9.21-1.fc38.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Tue Sep 27 2022 Fabian Affolter <[email protected]> - 0.9.21-1
 - Update to latest upstream release 0.9.21
 - Fix for CVE-2022-22846 (closes rhbz#2042610, closes rhbz#2042611)

 ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-dnslib package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-96c31cc8f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210998

File Name: fedora_2022-96c31cc8f6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-dnslib

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22846