Fedora 18 : kernel-3.6.5-2.fc18 (2012-17413)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62851

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Linux v3.6.5, latest upstream stable release with fixes across the tree.

Fixes CVE-2012-4565 and CVE-2012-4508. Updates kernel module signing to match the upstream kernel, and updates the UEFI secure boot patch set.

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=869904

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871848

http://www.nessus.org/u?8f2224f6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62851

File Name: fedora_2012-17413.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18, 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: 11/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2012-4565

BID: 56238, 56346

FEDORA: 2012-17413