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Fedora 9 : kernel-2.6.25.9-76.fc9 (2008-5893)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33404
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update kernel from version 2.6.25.6 to 2.6.25.9:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.7 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9 Security updates: CVE-2008-2750: The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable. CVE-2008-2358: The Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and probably other versions, does not properly check feature lengths, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified 'overflow.' Wireless driver updates: - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-27 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121459423021061&w=2) - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-25 (http://marc.info/?l=linux- wireless&m=121440912502527&w=2) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-14 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121346686508160&w=2) - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-09 (http://marc.info/?l=linux- kernel&m=121304710726632&w=2) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-09 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121304710526613&w=2) Bugs: 444694 - ALi Corporation M5253 P1394 OHCI 1.1 Controller driver causing problems in kernels newer than 2.6.24.3-50 452595 - Problem with SATA/IDE on Abit AN52 449080 - Rsync cannot copy to a vfat partition on kernel 2.6.25 with -p or -a options 449909 - User Mode Linux (UML) broken on Fedora 9 452111 - CVE-2008-2750 kernel: l2tp:
Fix potential memory corruption in pppol2tp-recvmsg() (Heap corruption DoS) [F9] 449872 - [Patch] Bluetooth keyboard not reconnecting after powersave
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
https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121304710526613&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121346686508160&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121459423021061&w=2
http://www.nessus.org/u?8a720b12
http://www.nessus.org/u?ee81a5c5
http://www.nessus.org/u?fbad01f9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444694
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449080
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449872
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449909
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452111
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452595
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33404
File Name: fedora_2008-5893.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/8/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2358, CVE-2008-2750