Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60334
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-1433 (kernel-xen-2.6)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel-xen-2.6 announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-1433. The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. Update Information: CVE-2008-0600 fix (bug #432517) ChangeLog: References: [ 1 ] Bug #432517 - Vulnerability to CVE-2008-0600 (vmsplice) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517 Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel-xen-2.6' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-1433 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0600 1019393 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393 20080212 rPSA-2008-0052-1 kernel http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded 27704 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704 27801 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801 28835 http://secunia.com/advisories/28835 28858 http://secunia.com/advisories/28858 28875 http://secunia.com/advisories/28875 28889 http://secunia.com/advisories/28889 28896 http://secunia.com/advisories/28896 28912 http://secunia.com/advisories/28912 28925 http://secunia.com/advisories/28925 28933 http://secunia.com/advisories/28933 28937 http://secunia.com/advisories/28937 29245 http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 5092 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 ADV-2008-0487 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references DSA-1494 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494 FEDORA-2008-1422 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html FEDORA-2008-1423 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html FEDORA-2008-1433 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html FEDORA-2008-1629 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html MDVSA-2008:043 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043 MDVSA-2008:044 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 RHSA-2008:0129 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html SUSE-SA:2008:007 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html SUSE-SA:2008:013 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html SUSE-SA:2008:030 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html USN-577-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1 [linux-kernel] 20080210 Re: [PATCH] kernel 2.6.24.1 still vulnerable to the vmsplice local root exploit http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11358 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358
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