Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.25-170.2.72.fc10 (2009-6883)

high Nessus Plugin ID 39511

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to linux kernel 2.6.27.25:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.25

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?e4784762

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502981

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726

http://www.nessus.org/u?4eba0bdc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 39511

File Name: fedora_2009-6883.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/25/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10, 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: 6/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1389

BID: 32676, 33113, 35185, 35281

CWE: 119, 189

FEDORA: 2009-6883