Fedora 20 : readline-6.2-10.fc20 (2014-7523)

low Nessus Plugin ID 76691

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

readline in Fedora is very slow when rl_event_hook is used, this update fix it. Security patch for debug functions

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Solution

Update the affected readline package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 76691

File Name: fedora_2014-7523.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:readline

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2524

BID: 66369

FEDORA: 2014-7523

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