Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 (2005-1138)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20306

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes several minor security related issues.

A problem was discovered where users could reprogram keys, leaving 'traps' for the next user of a console. The ability has been restricted to root.

A 32 bit integer overflow was discovered in the invalidate_inode_pages2() function which could lead to a local denial of service attack.

Note 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20306

File Name: fedora_2005-1138.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/15/2005

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-smp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-smp-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3808

FEDORA: 2005-1138

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