Fedora 23 : kernel-4.4.7-300.fc23 (2016-8e858f96b8)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 90656
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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
The 4.4.7 update contains a number of important fixes across the kernel treeNote 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=1323577
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324749
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 90656
File Name: fedora_2016-8e858f96b8.nasl
Version: 2.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2016
Updated: 1/11/2021
Dependencies: 12634
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Medium
VPR Score: 6.7
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23
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: 4/19/2016
Reference Information
FEDORA: 2016-8e858f96b8