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Fedora 16 : kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16 (2011-12823)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56295

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2011-3191: cifs: fix possible memory corruption in CIFSFindNext Other assorted bugfixes, mostly for ppc

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=733766

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737984

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738096

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738194

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738387

http://www.nessus.org/u?58afffb9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56295

File Name: fedora_2011-12823.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2011

Reference Information

BID: 49295

FEDORA: 2011-12823