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Fedora 21 : kernel-3.16.2-301.fc21 (2014-10693)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77794

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix CVE-2014-3631

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=1116347

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138884

http://www.nessus.org/u?63aa2b8b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77794

File Name: fedora_2014-10693.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2014

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3631

FEDORA: 2014-10693