Detections
Analytics

Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.42.9-2.fc15 (2012-3356)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58346

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2012-1097 regset: Prevent NULL pointer reference on readonly regsets

Disable threading in hibernate compression/decompression

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=799209

http://www.nessus.org/u?0231a9fd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58346

File Name: fedora_2012-3356.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, 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: 3/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1097

BID: 52274

FEDORA: 2012-3356