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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69928
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-9130 (kernel)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to kernel
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-9130.

Update Information:

Fixes some bugs that were caused by upstream stable kernel updates, including a longstanding bug causing oopses when removing USB storage devices and optical media.

Fixes stalls on machines with the latest Intel graphics hardware (Sandybridge.)

Also fixes some important security issues.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #716805 - CVE-2011-2497 kernel: bluetooth: buffer overflow in l2cap config request
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805
[ 2 ] Bug #718152 - CVE-2011-2517 kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operations
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
[ 3 ] Bug #710338 - kernel: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting task
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338

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-2011-9130

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
8.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2497
48472
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48472
74679
http://www.osvdb.org/74679
8359
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8359
[linux-kernel] 20110624 [PATCH] Bluetooth: Prevent buffer overflow in l2cap config request
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130891911909436&w=2
[oss-security] 20110624 CVE request: kernel: remote buffer overflow in bluetooth
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/9
[oss-security] 20110627 Re: CVE request: kernel: remote buffer overflow in bluetooth
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/3
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ac28817536797fd40e9646452183606f9e17f71
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2517
RHSA-2011:1212
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
[oss-security] 20110701 Re: CVE request: kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operations
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2183
[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE request: kernel: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting task
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
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