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Fedora 25 : glibc (2016-57cba655d5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94809

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update addresses user-reported bugs and one minor security vulnerability (CVE-2016-6323, affects armhfp only).

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-57cba655d5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94809

File Name: fedora_2016-57cba655d5.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glibc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6323