Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.1-3.fc16 (2012-0876)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57674

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Rebase F16 to the 3.2.1 stable release. Also fixes CVEs :

- CVE-2012-0056

- CVE-2011-4127

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: Medium

ID: 57674

File Name: fedora_2012-0876.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

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: 1/24/2012

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4127, CVE-2012-0056

BID: 51176, 51625

FEDORA: 2012-0876

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