Fedora 23 : python-rsa-3.3-2.fc23 (2016-70edfbbcef)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89566

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2016-1494

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 python-rsa package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295870

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295871

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297222

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298335

http://www.nessus.org/u?a0e81dcb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89566

File Name: fedora_2016-70edfbbcef.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-rsa

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1494