Fedora 23 : glibc-2.22-15.fc23 (2016-68abc0be35)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91063

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update contains minor security fixes (for CVE-2016-3075, CVE-2016-1234, CVE-2015-8778, CVE-2015-8776, CVE-2014-9761, CVE-2015-8779) and collects fixes for bugs encountered by Fedora users.

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91063

File Name: fedora_2016-68abc0be35.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9761, CVE-2015-8776, CVE-2015-8778, CVE-2015-8779, CVE-2016-1234, CVE-2016-3075

FEDORA: 2016-68abc0be35

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