Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kernel
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8647.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-8647
Insight
Update Information:
Fix sock_sendpage null pointer dereference. CVE-2009-2692.
ChangeLog:
* Fri Aug 14 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.29-170.2.79 - CVE-2009-2692: Fix sock sendpage NULL ptr deref.
* Fri Jul 31 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.78 - The kernel package needs to override the new rpm %install behavior.
* Thu Jul 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.77 - Linux 2.6.27.29
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.75.rc1 - Linux 2.6.27.29-rc1 (CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407) - Drop linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-avoid-losing-msi-interrupts.patch, now in -stable.
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.28-170.2.74 - Don't bounce virtio_blk requests (#510304)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5079, CVE-2009-0065, CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-1897, CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407, CVE-2009-2692 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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