Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2010-18506.
Update Information:
Various security fixes and bug fixes.
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #648663 - CVE-2010-4077 kernel: drivers/char/nozomi.c: reading uninitialized stack memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648663 [ 2 ] Bug #648660 - CVE-2010-4075 kernel: drivers/serial/serial_core.c: reading uninitialized stack memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648660 [ 3 ] Bug #648658 - CVE-2010-4073 kernel: ipc/compat*.c: reading uninitialized stack memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658 [ 4 ] Bug #648656 - CVE-2010-4072 kernel: ipc/shm.c: reading uninitialized stack memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648656 [ 5 ] Bug #651264 - CVE-2010-3880 kernel: logic error in INET_DIAG bytecode auditing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264 [ 6 ] Bug #656264 - CVE-2010-4248 kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exec https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264 [ 7 ] Bug #648671 - CVE-2010-4082 kernel: drivers/video/via/ioctl.c: reading uninitialized stack memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648671
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/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2010-18506
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.8
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