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Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-90aaa5bd24)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99010

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The 4.10.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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The 4.10.4 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. It also reverts CONFIG_CFG80211_CRDA_SUPPORT to match the previous 4.9 kernels.

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The 4.10.3 kernel rebase contains a number of new features, important fixes, and additional hardware support.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-90aaa5bd24

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99010

File Name: fedora_2017-90aaa5bd24.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6874