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Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.23.15-80.fc7 (2008-1422)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31029

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to Linux kernel 2.6.23.15:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.15 Fix vmsplice local root vulnerability: CVE-2008-0009: Fixed by update to 2.6.23.15. CVE-2008-0010: Fixed by update to 2.6.23.15. CVE-2008-0600:
Extra fix from upstream applied. Fix memory leak in netlabel code (#352281) Autoload the Dell dcdbas driver like in F8 (#326041) Work around broken Seagate LBA48 disks. (F8#429364) Fix futex oops on uniprocessor machine. (F8#429412) Add support for new Macbook touchpads. (F8#426574) Fix the initio driver broken in 2.6.23.
(F8#390531) Fix segfaults from using vdso=2. (F8#427641) FireWire updates, fixing multiple problems. ACPI: fix multiple problems with brightness controls (F8#427518) Wireless driver updates from upstream.

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 kernel package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c944391b

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=352281

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432283

http://www.nessus.org/u?63ab6d2d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31029

File Name: fedora_2008-1422.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0009, CVE-2008-0010, CVE-2008-0600

CWE: 20, 94

FEDORA: 2008-1422