Fedora 23 : mingw-c-ares (2016-66d9389548)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93920

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2016-5180

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-c-ares package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-66d9389548

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93920

File Name: fedora_2016-66d9389548.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2016

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: 7.5

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:mingw-c-ares, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5180