Fedora Core 6 : kernel-2.6.22.14-72.fc6 (2007-759)

high Nessus Plugin ID 29285

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to Linux 2.6.22.14:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.10 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.11 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.12 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.13 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.14

CVE-2007-5501: The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

CVE-2007-5500: The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors.

Plus: Fix compat class device links in sysfs. Fix boot speed when virtualized on Intel VT processors. Fix ppc64 vDSO DWARF info for CR register (#350291)

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: High

ID: 29285

File Name: fedora_2007-759.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2007

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: 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-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-doc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-debuginfo-common, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel-pae-debug-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5500, CVE-2007-5501

CWE: 399

FEDORA: 2007-759

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