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Fedora 31 : kernel / kernel-headers / kernel-tools (2020-00e872744f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140542

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The 5.8.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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The 5.7.17 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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The 5.7.16 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the tree.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected kernel, kernel-headers and / or kernel-tools packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-00e872744f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140542

File Name: fedora_2020-00e872744f.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2020

Updated: 9/14/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-tools, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2020

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