Fedora 25 : mingw-gnutls / mingw-nettle (2016-762cb57c92)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95005

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Synopsis

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

Description

Nettle 3.3:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-10/msg00003.html

GnuTLS 3.5.5:
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-devel/2016-October/008194.htm l

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-gnutls and / or mingw-nettle packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95005

File Name: fedora_2016-762cb57c92.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-nettle, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-gnutls, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6489

FEDORA: 2016-762cb57c92

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