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Fedora 23 : libssh-0.7.3-1.fc23 (2016-d9f950c779)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89621

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2016-0739

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Solution

Update the affected libssh package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311259

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311332

http://www.nessus.org/u?04159b2a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89621

File Name: fedora_2016-d9f950c779.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0739