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Fedora 24 : libgit2 (2016-bc51f4636f)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 94124

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569

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Update to 0.24.2

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Solution

Update the affected libgit2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-bc51f4636f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 94124

File Name: fedora_2016-bc51f4636f.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgit2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569