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Fedora 25 : lynx (2017-c9828b259c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97178

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- update to the latest upstream pre-release (fixes CVE-2016-9179)

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Solution

Update the affected lynx package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c9828b259c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97178

File Name: fedora_2017-c9828b259c.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2017

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9179