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Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-de3f3f670b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106783

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The 4.14.18 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree, including some additional spectre mitigation.

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The 4.14.17 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-2018-de3f3f670b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106783

File Name: fedora_2018-de3f3f670b.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2018

Reference Information