Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-11103.
Update Information:
Update to kernel 2.6.35.14:
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/longterm/v2.6.35/ChangeLog-2.6.35.14
NOTE: These upstream commits from 2.6.35.14 were already in the previous Fedora 14 kernel 2.6.35.13-92:
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #729808 - CVE-2011-2905 kernel: perf tools: may parse user-controlled configuration file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729808 [ 2 ] Bug #722557 - CVE-2011-2695 kernel: ext4: kernel panic when writing data to the last block of sparse file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557 [ 3 ] Bug #716805 - CVE-2011-2497 kernel: bluetooth: buffer overflow in l2cap config request https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805 [ 4 ] 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 [ 5 ] Bug #723429 - CVE-2011-2699 kernel: ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723429 [ 6 ] Bug #698057 - CVE-2011-1598 CVE-2011-1748 kernel: missing check in can/bcm and can/raw socket releases https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698057 [ 7 ] Bug #714536 - CVE-2011-2213 kernel: inet_diag: insufficient validation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714536 [ 8 ] Bug #715436 - CVE-2011-2484 kernel: taskstats: duplicate entries in listener mode can lead to DoS https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715436 [ 9 ] Bug #710338 - CVE-2011-2183 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-2011-11103
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 8.3
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