Fedora 21 : kernel-3.17.3-300.fc21 (2014-15159)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79319

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Latest upstream stable release, Linux v3.17.3. A wide variety of fixes across the tree.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79319

File Name: fedora_2014-15159.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21, 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: 11/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7825, CVE-2014-7826, CVE-2014-7841, CVE-2014-7842, CVE-2014-7843

BID: 70971, 70972, 71078, 71081, 71082

FEDORA: 2014-15159

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