Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131129
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0439)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel-linus' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0439 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel-linus' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0439 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: This update of kernel-linus provides the upstream 4.1.12 longterm kernel and fixes at least the following security issue: Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver contained hardcoded attributes about the USB devices. An attacker could construct a fake WhiteHEAT USB device that, when inserted, causes a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2015-5257). It also fixes various upstream bugs, for more info see the referenced changelogs: Affected Software/OS: 'kernel-linus' package(s) on Mageia 5. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5257 76834 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76834 DSA-3372 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372 USN-2792-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2792-1 USN-2794-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2794-1 USN-2795-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2795-1 USN-2798-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2798-1 USN-2799-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2799-1 [oss-security] 20150922 Vulnerability in WhiteHEAT Linux Driver-CVE-2015-5257 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/23/1 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265607 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbb4be652d374f64661137756b8f357a1827d6a4
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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