Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.9-1.fc16 (2012-3030)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58260

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to Linux 3.2.9 Update to Linux 3.2.8 stable release

CVE-2012-1090 CIFS: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup

This also includes a number of wireless fixes across a variety of 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58260

File Name: fedora_2012-3030.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/7/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1090

BID: 52197

FEDORA: 2012-3030

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