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Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.23.14-60.fc7 (2008-0742)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30156

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to Linux kernel 2.6.23.14:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.14 CVE-2008-0001: Use access mode instead of open flags to determine needed permissions. Additional fixes: Enable CONFIG_NL80211. Wireless driver updates.

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

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a699c2c

http://www.nessus.org/u?b020a6ab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30156

File Name: fedora_2008-0742.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2008

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2008-0742