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Fedora 18 : kernel-3.7.9-205.fc18 (2013-3086)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64901

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update contains a fix for the netlink out-of-bounds access issue which could allow a local user to gain privileged access. All users are encouraged to update.

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=915052

http://www.nessus.org/u?16e92895

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64901

File Name: fedora_2013-3086.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1763

BID: 58137

FEDORA: 2013-3086