Fedora 18 : kernel-3.9.5-201.fc18 (2013-10695)
high Nessus Plugin ID 67285
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update to the latest upstream stable release, Linux v3.9.5Note 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=968036
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969515
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971146
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971242
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 67285
File Name: fedora_2013-10695.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.9
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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: 6/13/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-2140, CVE-2013-2147, CVE-2013-2148, CVE-2013-2164, CVE-2013-2850, CVE-2013-2851, CVE-2013-2852
FEDORA: 2013-10695