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Fedora 37 : protobuf (2022-25f35ed634)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211155

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-25f35ed634 advisory.

 Selected notes from packaging changes and improvements:

 * 3.19.6 fixes CVE-2022-3171
 * 3.19.5 fixes CVE-2022-1941
 * License updated to SPDX
 * Unnecessary dependency on python3-six removed
 * Python extension is now the compiled C++ version, improving performance
 * All subpackages now have the license file or depend on something that does
 * The -vim subpackage now depends on vim-filesystem, no longer on vim-enhanced
 * Added a man page for protoc

 See [PR](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/protobuf/pull-request/16) for more details.

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 protobuf package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-25f35ed634

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211155

File Name: fedora_2022-25f35ed634.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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3171

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:protobuf, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1941, CVE-2022-3171