Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 (2007-0409)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27664

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Rebase to upstream 2.6.21.5, including several security fixes (See CVEs for details).

Upstream changelog:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.5

Fedora specific changes detailed below :

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: 27664

File Name: fedora_2007-0409.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo-common, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-kdump-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-kdump-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2451, CVE-2007-2453, CVE-2007-2876

FEDORA: 2007-0409

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