Fedora 12 : kernel-2.6.32.19-163.fc12 (2010-13110)

high Nessus Plugin ID 48415

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.32.19: * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.17 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.18 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.19 - Includes fixes from kernel 2.6.36-rc1 for problems caused by the CVE-2010-2240 fix in 2.6.32.19 . - Fixes crashes in Python programs running in KVM guests (F13 bug #610911)

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?77a171b0

http://www.nessus.org/u?9b9de3ad

http://www.nessus.org/u?5e0dae00

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605158

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=606611

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620300

http://www.nessus.org/u?584e1934

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 48415

File Name: fedora_2010-13110.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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: 8/20/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2226, CVE-2010-2240, CVE-2010-2798

BID: 40920, 42124, 42505

FEDORA: 2010-13110