Detections
Analytics
Fedora 9 : kernel-2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9 (2009-5383)
high Nessus Plugin ID 38931
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update to kernel 2.6.27.24:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.24 Includes ext4 bug fixes from Fedora 11. Updates the atl2 network driver to version 2.0.5
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?5f5b64f7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 38931
File Name: fedora_2009-5383.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/28/2009
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
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1439, CVE-2009-1633