Fedora 21 : dpkg-1.16.16-5.fc21 (2015-7296)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83384

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix build for all versions, previous try wasn't correct and back with dpkg-perl-libexecdir.patch Security fix for CVE-2014-8625 and Security fix for CVE-2015-0840

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 dpkg package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83384

File Name: fedora_2015-7296.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8625, CVE-2015-0840

FEDORA: 2015-7296

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