Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.1-3.fc16 (2012-0876)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57674

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Rebase F16 to the 3.2.1 stable release. Also fixes CVEs :

- CVE-2012-0056

- CVE-2011-4127

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=728740

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731365

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=766071

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769766

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769911

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773271

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781625

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782681

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782686

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782687

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782961

http://www.nessus.org/u?5406ff86

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57674

File Name: fedora_2012-0876.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 1/24/2012

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4127, CVE-2012-0056

BID: 51176, 51625

FEDORA: 2012-0876