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Fedora 25 : checkpolicy / libselinux / libsemanage / libsepol / policycoreutils / etc (2016-b7e8e980ef)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94854

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update backports several fixes from upstream and also fixes sandbox issues including CVE-2016-7545

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b7e8e980ef

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94854

File Name: fedora_2016-b7e8e980ef.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:secilc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:policycoreutils, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libsemanage, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libselinux, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:checkpolicy, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libsepol

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7545