Detections
Analytics
Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10 (2009-10525)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 42156
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Update to kernel 2.6.27.37:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.36 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.37
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?d092acef
http://www.nessus.org/u?1d41ad4c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527534
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 42156
File Name: fedora_2009-10525.nasl
Version: 1.30
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 10/16/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2908, CVE-2009-2909, CVE-2009-2910
BID: 36639
FEDORA: 2009-10525