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Fedora 40 : golang (2025-e8b9a6b564)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214755

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-2025-e8b9a6b564 advisory.

 Includes security fixes to the crypto/x509 and net/http packages

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 golang package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-e8b9a6b564

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214755

File Name: fedora_2025-e8b9a6b564.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2025

Updated: 1/29/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

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