Fedora 20 : kernel-3.12.5-302.fc20 (2013-23445)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71593

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The 3.12.5 kernel contains support for new devices, and a number of bug fixes across the tree.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71593

File Name: fedora_2013-23445.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/23/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:20, 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: 12/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4587, CVE-2013-6367, CVE-2013-6368, CVE-2013-6376, CVE-2013-7263, CVE-2013-7264, CVE-2013-7265

BID: 64270, 64291, 64319, 64328

FEDORA: 2013-23445

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