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Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16 (2012-3712)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58376

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to the 3.2.10 stable release, which contains a number of fixes across the kernel.

Fixes CVE-2012-1146 Fixes CVE-2012-1179

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=800813

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f4e6f3e

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58376

File Name: fedora_2012-3712.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1146, CVE-2012-1179

BID: 52324, 52533

FEDORA: 2012-3712