Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10 (2009-0923)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 38129

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.27.12:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.10 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.11 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.12 Includes security fixes: CVE-2009-0029 Linux Kernel insecure 64 bit system call argument passing CVE-2009-0065 kernel: sctp: memory overflow when FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID Reverts ALSA driver to the version that is upstream in kernel 2.6.27. This should be the last 2.6.27 kernel update for Fedora 10. A 2.6.28 update kernel is being tested.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 38129

File Name: fedora_2009-0923.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0029, CVE-2009-0065

CWE: 119, 20

FEDORA: 2009-0923

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