Fedora 21 : binutils-2.24-30.fc21 (2015-0750)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80897

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix problems with the ar program reported in FSF PR 17533

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Solution

Update the affected binutils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80897

File Name: fedora_2015-0750.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:binutils, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8737, CVE-2014-8738

BID: 70908, 71083

FEDORA: 2015-0750

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