Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.41.1-1.fc15 (2011-15856)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56865

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Rebase to upstream 3.1.1 kernel Fix boot regression on 64-bit EFI machines Update to the Linux 3.0.8 (2.6.40.8) stable release. Fix assorted security bugs. Bugfix update Update to the latest 3.0.7 stable kernel release which includes a variety of fixes.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56865

File Name: fedora_2011-15856.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 11/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1083, CVE-2011-3347, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4097

BID: 46630, 50312, 50370, 50459

FEDORA: 2011-15856