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Fedora 20 : util-linux-2.24.2-2.fc20 (2014-16016)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79705

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2014-9114

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected util-linux package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168485

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e4532b6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79705

File Name: fedora_2014-16016.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9114

BID: 71327

FEDORA: 2014-16016