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Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.40.6-0.fc15 (2011-13809)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56398

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to the latest stable 3.0.6 kernel release. This includes fixes for CVEs 2011-1161, 2011-1162, and 2011-3191

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=496975

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700718

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708563

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708777

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710646

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714381

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735437

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740645

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742010

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ef31fb5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56398

File Name: fedora_2011-13809.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2011

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: 10/5/2011

Reference Information

BID: 49295

FEDORA: 2011-13809