Fedora 23 : kernel-4.4.2-301.fc23 (2016-7e12ae5359)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89570

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This is an incremental update over 4.4.2-300 which contains two fixes fix for AMD IOMMU warnings use after free in USB ---- The 4.4.2 update contains a number of important updates across the kernel tree.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89570

File Name: fedora_2016-7e12ae5359.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2016

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2016-0617, CVE-2016-2383, CVE-2016-2384

FEDORA: 2016-7e12ae5359

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