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CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0774)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 26003
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.This security advisory has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below :
* a flaw in the ISDN CAPI subsystem that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service or potential remote access. Exploitation would require the attacker to be able to send arbitrary frames over the ISDN network to the victim's machine. (CVE-2007-1217, Moderate)
* a flaw in the perfmon subsystem on ia64 platforms that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-0558, Moderate)
In addition, the following bugs were addressed :
* a panic after reloading of the LSI Fusion driver.
* a vm performance problem was corrected by balancing inactive page lists.
* added a nodirplus option to address NFSv3 performance issues with large directories.
* changed the personality handling to disallow personality changes of setuid and setgid binaries. This ensures they keep any randomization and Exec-shield protection.
All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.
Solution
Update the affected kernel packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6bbbc834
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 26003
File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0774.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 9/7/2007
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xenu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xenu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-0558, CVE-2007-1217