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Fedora 18 : kernel-3.8.3-203.fc18 (2013-4012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65622

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes the display resolution issues introduced with kernel 3.8.3-201.fc18

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=921970

http://www.nessus.org/u?d840c983

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65622

File Name: fedora_2013-4012.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1860

BID: 58510

FEDORA: 2013-4012