Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.40.3-0.fc15 (2011-11019)

low Nessus Plugin ID 55892

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security update for CVE-2011-2905 Additionally, includes other fixes from 3.0.1, 3.0.2 and 3.0.3rc1. Also numerous fixes for bugs reported via bugzilla.

Rebase to 3.0. Version reports as 2.6.40 for compatibility with older userspace.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 55892

File Name: fedora_2011-11019.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2011

Reference Information

BID: 49140

FEDORA: 2011-11019

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