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Fedora 12 : kernel-2.6.32.26-175.fc12 (2010-18432)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50867

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

'Update to stable release 2.6.32.26, includes many CVE fixes documented in the upstream changelogs plus CVE-2010-3880, CVE-2010-4072, CVE-2010-4073, and a bunch of kernel stack leakages in the tty and serial drivers.'

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?e3e1e139

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50867

File Name: fedora_2010-18432.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2010

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2010-18432