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RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0283)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 52062
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0283 advisory.- kernel: possible kernel oops from user MSS (CVE-2010-4165)
- kernel: perf bug (CVE-2010-4169)
- kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threads (CVE-2010-4243)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652508
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652720
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658854
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658891
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659610
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660590
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661730
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661731
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661737
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662721
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662921
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664398
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671342
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673978
http://www.nessus.org/u?09c72fa6
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 52062
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0283.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/23/2011
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4243
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4165
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-bootwrapper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-firmware, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-4165, CVE-2010-4169, CVE-2010-4243
RHSA: 2011:0283