Fedora 12 : kernel-2.6.32.14-127.fc12 (2010-9209)

low Nessus Plugin ID 47526

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to kernel 2.6.32.14:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.13 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.14 Multiple iwlwifi bugfixes from Fedora 13. Fix thinkpad backlight controls.

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?a0820a28

http://www.nessus.org/u?ac4a3c22

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593226

http://www.nessus.org/u?34f790aa

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 47526

File Name: fedora_2010-9209.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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: 5/28/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1437, CVE-2010-1636

BID: 37277, 37521, 39344, 39719, 40241

FEDORA: 2010-9209