Fedora 18 : kernel-3.8.6-203.fc18 (2013-5368)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65934

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to latest stable upstream release, Linux v3.8.6. Wide variety of fixes across the tree.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932

http://www.nessus.org/u?e556f516

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65934

File Name: fedora_2013-5368.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1929

BID: 58908

FEDORA: 2013-5368