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Fedora 21 : kernel-3.18.3-201.fc21 (2015-0937)

low Nessus Plugin ID 80976

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The 3.18.3 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. The 201 build should also fix most of the i915 issues seen in testing on 3.18.2-200 The 3.18.2 kernel rebase contains several new features as well as several fixes across the tree.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181054

http://www.nessus.org/u?cff980bd

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 80976

File Name: fedora_2015-0937.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

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: 1/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9585

BID: 71990

FEDORA: 2015-0937