Fedora 16 : kernel-3.1.9-1.fc16 (2012-0480)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57548

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to Linux 3.1.9

- Fix CVE-2012-0045

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=770172

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773392

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ad2ff10

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769766

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57548

File Name: fedora_2012-0480.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0045

BID: 51389

FEDORA: 2012-0480