Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-6541.
Update Information:
Update to kernel 2.6.35.13:
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/longterm/v2.6.35/ChangeLog-2.6.35.13
Plus additional security fixes that will appear in 2.6.35.14
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #694021 - CVE-2011-1494 CVE-2011-1495 kernel: drivers/scsi/mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694021 [ 2 ] Bug #691270 - CVE-2011-1478 kernel: gro: reset dev and skb_iff on skb reuse https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691270 [ 3 ] Bug #681260 - CVE-2011-1079 kernel: bnep device field missing NULL terminator https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681260 [ 4 ] Bug #698996 - CVE-2011-1745 kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698996 [ 5 ] Bug #698998 - CVE-2011-1746 kernel: agp: insufficient page_count parameter checking in agp_allocate_memory() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698998
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-2011-6541
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.2
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