Fedora 17 : kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17 (2012-6344)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58836

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes CVEs :

CVE-2012-2119 CVE-2012-2123 CVE-2012-2121

Also fixes some fail to boot issues on various Dell machines.

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: High

ID: 58836

File Name: fedora_2012-6344.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2012

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:17, 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: 4/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2119, CVE-2012-2121, CVE-2012-2123

BID: 53162, 53165, 53166

FEDORA: 2012-6344

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