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Fedora 24 : python-cryptography / python-cryptography-vectors (2016-d3a2b640ce)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95038

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Synopsis

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

Description

Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-cryptography and / or python-cryptography-vectors packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-d3a2b640ce

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95038

File Name: fedora_2016-d3a2b640ce.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2016

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: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-cryptography-vectors, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-cryptography

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9243