Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.38.7-30.fc15 (2011-7823)

high Nessus Plugin ID 54980

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.38.7

Also update nouveau and radeon graphics drivers to the latest upstream versions.

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=695976

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703011

http://www.nessus.org/u?37be1bd2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 54980

File Name: fedora_2011-7823.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1770

BID: 47343, 47769

FEDORA: 2011-7823