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Fedora 22 : expat (2016-0fd6ca526a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92229

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fixes for CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-5300, CVE-2016-0718 and CVE-2012-6702.

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Solution

Update the affected expat package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-0fd6ca526a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92229

File Name: fedora_2016-0fd6ca526a.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2016

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

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:expat, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6702, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-5300