Fedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.41-170.2.117.fc10 (2009-13098)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43125

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.27.41:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.39 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.40 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.41

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: 43125

File Name: fedora_2009-13098.nasl

Version: 1.35

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/14/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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: 12/11/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2009

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Linux Kernel Sendpage Local Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3080, CVE-2009-4005, CVE-2009-4031

BID: 32676, 33113, 35647, 35724, 35850, 35851, 36038, 36379, 36512, 36639, 36723, 36803, 36824, 36827, 36901, 37036, 37068

CWE: 119, 20

FEDORA: 2009-13098

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