Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.38.8-35.fc15 (2011-9130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55583

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes some bugs that were caused by upstream stable kernel updates, including a longstanding bug causing oopses when removing USB storage devices and optical media.

Fixes stalls on machines with the latest Intel graphics hardware (Sandybridge.)

Also fixes some important security issues.

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d0387cf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55583

File Name: fedora_2011-9130.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2497, CVE-2011-2517

BID: 48472, 48538

FEDORA: 2011-9130