Fedora 14 : kernel-2.6.35.4-28.fc14 (2010-14832)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49635

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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).

- NOTE: All users should update because of this bug. Fix denial of service attack with large argument lists. Add support for perl and python scripting to perf. Nouveau video driver fixes :

- fix oops in acpi edid support

- disable acceleration on nva3/nva5/nva8

- misc fixes from upstream + NVAF support Add support for the eject key on the Dell Studio 1555 fix rcu_dereference_check warning Restore appleir driver that got lost in the 2.6.35 rebase. Fix DMA in via-velocity network driver.

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=629441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630551

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634449

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634457

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ae7c1bc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49635

File Name: fedora_2010-14832.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2010

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: 5.6

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:14

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-2010-3080, CVE-2010-3081, CVE-2010-3301

BID: 42900, 42932, 43062, 43239, 43353, 43355

FEDORA: 2010-14832