Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61154
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5308 (kernel)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-5308. 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: Update to kernel 2.6.25.6 For more details, please visit the referneced advisory. 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/. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-5308 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1673 1020210 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020210 20080611 rPSA-2008-0189-1 kernel xen http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493300/100/0/threaded 29589 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29589 30000 http://secunia.com/advisories/30000 30580 http://secunia.com/advisories/30580 30644 http://secunia.com/advisories/30644 30658 http://secunia.com/advisories/30658 30982 http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 31107 http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 31836 http://secunia.com/advisories/31836 32103 http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 32104 http://secunia.com/advisories/32104 32370 http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 32759 http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 ADV-2008-1770 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1770 DSA-1592 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1592 FEDORA-2008-5308 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00587.html MDVSA-2008:113 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:113 MDVSA-2008:174 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 SUSE-SA:2008:035 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html SUSE-SA:2008:038 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html SUSE-SA:2008:047 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html SUSE-SA:2008:048 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html SUSE-SA:2008:049 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html SUSE-SA:2008:052 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html SUSE-SR:2008:025 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html USN-625-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33afb8403f361919aa5c8fe1d0a4f5ddbfbbea3c http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ddb2c43594f22843e9f3153da151deaba1a834c5 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.6 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.5 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0189 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443962 linux-kernel-ber-decoder-bo(42921) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42921
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