Fedora 12 : kernel-2.6.31.12-174.2.3.fc12 (2010-0823)

high Nessus Plugin ID 47198

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

stable update for 2.6.31.12, includes fix for CVE-2010-0006 kernel:
ipv6: skb_dst() can be NULL in ipv6_hop_jumbo() (rhbz#555217)

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217

http://www.nessus.org/u?329c74d5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47198

File Name: fedora_2010-0823.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0006

BID: 37810, 37865

CWE: 20

FEDORA: 2010-0823