Fedora 16 : kernel-3.1.6-1.fc16 (2011-17381)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57401

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Restore the route cache garbage collector. Recent kernels could fill and exhaust their neighbour cache. Update to latest 3.1.6 stable release

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?d42dba9a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57401

File Name: fedora_2011-17381.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/27/2011

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:16

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-17381