Fedora 11 : kernel-2.6.30.9-90.fc11 (2009-10639)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42271

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.30.9. Upstream change logs:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.9 Also fixes :

- Kernel stack randomization bug - NULL dereference in r128 driver - ftrace memory corruption on module unload
- boot hanging on some systems - some latency problems caused by scheduler bugs

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: 42271

File Name: fedora_2009-10639.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2009

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: 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: 10/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2903, CVE-2009-2908, CVE-2009-2909, CVE-2009-2910, CVE-2009-3290, CVE-2009-3612

BID: 36379, 36512, 36576, 36635, 36639

CWE: 189, 200, 399

FEDORA: 2009-10639

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