Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10 (2009-8264)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40482

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to linux kernel 2.6.27.29:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.26 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.27 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.28 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.29 Fixes security bugs: CVE-2009-1895 CVE-2009-2406 CVE-2009-2407 Adds
-fno-delete- null-pointer-checks gcc compile flag to protect against issues similar to CVE-2009-1897.

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: High

ID: 40482

File Name: fedora_2009-8264.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/5/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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: 8/4/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407

BID: 35647, 35850, 35851

CWE: 119, 16

FEDORA: 2009-8264

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