Fedora 12 : kernel-2.6.32.21-168.fc12 (2010-14878)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49296

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix possible local privilege escalation on x86_64 systems (CVE-2010-3081, CVE-2010-3301).

- Mitigate denial of service attack with large argument lists.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49296

File Name: fedora_2010-14878.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2954, CVE-2010-2960, CVE-2010-3067, CVE-2010-3079, CVE-2010-3080, CVE-2010-3081, CVE-2010-3301

BID: 42900, 42932, 43062, 43239

FEDORA: 2010-14878

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