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Fedora 40 : iwd / libell (2024-0fa283c43a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213463

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-0fa283c43a advisory.

 iwd 3.3:

 Fix issue with handling External Authentication.

 iwd 3.2:

 Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors.
 Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available.
 Add support for HighUtilization/StationCount thresholds.
 Add support for disabling Multicast RX option.

 ell 0.71:

 Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors.

 ell 0.70:

 Add support for helper function for safe memcpy.

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 iwd and / or libell packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-0fa283c43a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213463

File Name: fedora_2024-0fa283c43a.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/2/2025

Updated: 1/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52424

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/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:iwd, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libell

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52424