Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-8e7549fb91)
high Nessus Plugin ID 99424
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
The 4.10.10 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-8e7549fb91
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 99424
File Name: fedora_2017-8e7549fb91.nasl
Version: 3.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/18/2017
Updated: 1/6/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24
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: 4/17/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2017
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (AF_PACKET packet_set_ring Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
FEDORA: 2017-8e7549fb91