Detections
Analytics
Fedora 11 : kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11 (2009-8684)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40629
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Fix oops in clock_nanosleep syscall which allows an ordinary user to cause a null ptr dereference in the kernel. CVE-2009-2767. Fixes BUG_ON() in the intel gem page fault code breaking GNOME Shell.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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40629
File Name: fedora_2009-8684.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 8/20/2009
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: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2009
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Linux Kernel Sendpage Local Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2767