Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69848
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-7823 (kernel)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-7823. Update Information: Update to kernel 2.6.38.7 Also update nouveau and radeon graphics drivers to the latest upstream versions. References: [ 1 ] Bug #703011 - CVE-2011-1770 kernel: dccp: handle invalid feature options length https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703011 [ 2 ] Bug #695976 - CVE-2011-1577 kernel: corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oops https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976 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-2011-7823 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.8
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1770 1025592 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025592 44932 http://secunia.com/advisories/44932 47769 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47769 8286 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8286 FEDORA-2011-7551 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061366.html FEDORA-2011-7823 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061236.html [linux-kernel] 20110506 Re: [PATCH] dccp: handle invalid feature options length http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130469305815140&w=2 [linux-kernel] 20110506 [PATCH] dccp: handle invalid feature options length http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130468845209036&w=2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/longterm/v2.6.33/ChangeLog-2.6.33.14 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703011 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1577 1025355 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025355 20110413 [PRE-SA-2011-03] Denial-of-service vulnerability in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernel http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517477/100/0/threaded 47343 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47343 8238 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8238 RHSA-2011:0833 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html [mm-commits] 20110412 + fs-partitions-efic-corrupted-guid-partition-tables-can-cause-kernel-oops.patch added to -mm tree http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html [oss-security] 20110412 CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oops http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/17 [oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE Request: kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel oops http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/1 http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976 kernel-guid-dos(66773) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66773
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