Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.40.3-0.fc15 (2011-11019)

low Nessus Plugin ID 55892

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security update for CVE-2011-2905 Additionally, includes other fixes from 3.0.1, 3.0.2 and 3.0.3rc1. Also numerous fixes for bugs reported via bugzilla.

Rebase to 3.0. Version reports as 2.6.40 for compatibility with older userspace.

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=690930

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708314

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708868

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710551

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712527

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712528

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712531

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712532

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712534

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712823

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714165

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714332

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714333

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714847

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714850

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717501

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717621

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720054

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720128

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720594

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720771

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722472

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727680

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727796

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728044

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728379

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728872

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729269

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729340

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729363

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d1b802b

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 55892

File Name: fedora_2011-11019.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

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: 8/17/2011

Reference Information

BID: 49140

FEDORA: 2011-11019