Fedora 21 : devscripts-2.15.8-1.fc21 (2015-12716)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85362

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to version 2.15.8, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.8_changelog for details. Fixes CVE-2015-5705. Update to version 2.15.7, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.7_changelog for details. This update fixes licensecheck refusing to parse some text files such as C++ source files. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. This update fixes licensecheck refusing to parse some text files such as C++ source files. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. Update to version 2.15.7, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.7_changelog for details. This update fixes licensecheck refusing to parse some text files such as C++ source files. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. This update fixes licensecheck refusing to parse some text files such as C++ source files. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details. Update to version 2.15.6, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.15.6_changelog for details.

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 devscripts package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a3c9b3b

http://www.nessus.org/u?37242079

http://www.nessus.org/u?8dfde218

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249635

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645

http://www.nessus.org/u?d9449377

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85362

File Name: fedora_2015-12716.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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:devscripts, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5704, CVE-2015-5705

FEDORA: 2015-12716