Fedora 25 : kernel (2016-c8a0c7eece) (Dirty COW)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94861

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

The 4.8.3 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. In particular, it includes a fix for CVE-2016-5195.

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Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94861

File Name: fedora_2016-c8a0c7eece.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 3/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

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: 10/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5195

FEDORA: 2016-c8a0c7eece

IAVA: 2016-A-0306-S

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