Fedora 17 : kernel-3.8.3-103.fc17 (2013-3909)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65650

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Update to Linux v3.8.3. Wide variety of fixes across the tree.
Contains reverts from upstream 3.8.3 to fix Intel GM45 graphics.

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=915592

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918009

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918512

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920471

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920499

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=921970

http://www.nessus.org/u?a138451e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65650

File Name: fedora_2013-3909.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: 3/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0913, CVE-2013-0914, CVE-2013-1767, CVE-2013-1792, CVE-2013-1819, CVE-2013-1828, CVE-2013-1860

BID: 58177, 58301, 58368, 58389, 58426, 58427, 58510

FEDORA: 2013-3909