Fedora 20 : cross-binutils-2.25-3.fc20 (2015-0471)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80894

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Upgrade to binutils-2.25 thus fixing a number of security bugs

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 cross-binutils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80894

File Name: fedora_2015-0471.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cross-binutils, 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: 1/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8501, CVE-2014-8502, CVE-2014-8503, CVE-2014-8504, CVE-2014-8737, CVE-2014-8738

BID: 70761, 70866, 70868, 70869

FEDORA: 2015-0471

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