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Fedora 25 : fedmsg (2017-fff6e1af37)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96741

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix validation logic in the base consumer

The base consumer is intended to only derive its validation switch from the on-disk configuration if the child class doesn't override the validate_signatures switch.

There was a bug here where the default value provided in the base class made it appear as if *all* child consumers had turned *off* validation, which is incorrect.

This fix turns on signature validation by default while preserving the ability of child consumers to override the on-disk configuration in special cases.

 - Fixes: CVE-2017-1000001

 - Reviewed-by: Patrick Uiterwijk

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Solution

Update the affected fedmsg package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-fff6e1af37

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96741

File Name: fedora_2017-fff6e1af37.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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:fedmsg, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000001