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Fedora 40 : kernel (2024-aca908f73b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201119

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-aca908f73b advisory.

 The 6.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-aca908f73b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201119

File Name: fedora_2024-aca908f73b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2024

Updated: 6/28/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2024

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