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Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7 (2007-1130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27691

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Rebase kernel to 2.6.22.1:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.1

Includes the CFS scheduler from upstream kernel 2.6.23.

Users should update to the latest autofs package with this kernel or autofs will use excessive amounts of CPU time.

CVE-2007-3642: The decode_choice function in net/netfilter/bf_conntrack_h323_asn1.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encoded, out-of-range index value for a choice field, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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.

See Also

https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

http://www.nessus.org/u?eb3a8c62

http://www.nessus.org/u?5bc5c762

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27691

File Name: fedora_2007-1130.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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-pae, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo-common, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3642

CWE: 189

FEDORA: 2007-1130