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Fedora 18 : kernel-3.7.8-202.fc18 (2013-2635)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64679

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2013-0290 net: infinite loop in __skb_recv_datagram

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=911473

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7e8ee4f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64679

File Name: fedora_2013-2635.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: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: 2/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0290

BID: 57964

FEDORA: 2013-2635