Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kernel
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-6846.
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-2009-6846
Insight
Update Information:
Update to linux kernel 2.6.27.25:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.25 ChangeLog:
* Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-78.2.56
- r8169 network driver fixes from 2.6.29.5 and 2.6.30 * Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-78.2.55
- Avoid lockup on OOM with /dev/zero
- Stop spewing useless warning on parport sysctl registration * Sun Jun 14 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-78.2.54 - Linux 2.6.27.25
- Dropped patches, merged in .25
ext4.git-1-8657e625a390d09a21970a810f271d74e99b4c8f.patch ext4.git-2-b3239aab20df1446ddfb8d0520076d5fd0d4ecd2.patch ext4.git-3-e9b9a50398f0cc909e5645716c74cc1aecd6699e.patch ext4.git-4-ce54e9c7949d1158512accf23825641a92bd07f9.patch ext4.git-5-e0ee7aa0b15299bc678758a754eec51ee537c53f.patch linux-2.6-ext4-clear-unwritten-flag.patch
linux-2.6-ext4-fake-delalloc-bno.patch
linux-2.6-ext4-fix-i_cached_extent-race.patch
linux-2.6-ext4-prealloc-fixes.patch
- Added patch from 2.6.29.4:
kvm-make-efer-reads-safe-when-efer-does-not-exist.patch
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2750, CVE-2008-3525, CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-3831, CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1389 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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